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Alphabetical Index of Words Featured in AWAD A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a Word Featured in a fortiori Sep 03 aa Mar 02 abbreviation Mar 99 abderian Sep 07 abdicate May 99 abecedarian Jun 95 abecedarian Oct 06 abend Sep 00 abigail May 05 abiogenesis Mar 97 abiogenesis May 95 abjure Oct 00 ableism Mar 98 abrade May 96 abrogate Jan 09 abrogate Jul 96 absquatulate Sep 95 absquatulate Dec 08 abstemious Apr 07 abstemious Oct 97 abulia Mar 95 abut Jun 95 acalculia Jul 00 acarophobia Mar 99 acarpous Apr 09 accismus Oct 05 acclamation Mar 04 acclivity Nov 01 accrete Nov 98 acedia Jul 00 aceldama Apr 98 acephalous Apr 00 acerbate Jul 97 acescent Mar 07 achates Aug 96 acheron Nov 96 achilles' heel May 00 acid test Jan 03 acidic Aug 97 acidulous Aug 97 acidulous Sep 06 acnestis Nov 09 acolyte Nov 99 acritochromacy Mar 08 acrophobia Jul 94 acrophobia Sep 97 acrophobia Dec 09 acrostic May 94 acrostic May 98 acrostic Sep 02 actuate Oct 00 ad lib Jan 06 ad lib Sep 03 adamantine May 01 adamite Jul 06 adder Dec 98 addisonian Apr 01 adduce Apr 05 adiaphorism Aug 09 adit Feb 06 admix Nov 98 adobe Dec 07 adonis Aug 99 adrenalize Sep 01 adscititious Dec 07 adulate Nov 98 adultescent Jan 08 adumbrate Apr 94 adumbrate Dec 94 advertorial Nov 08 aedile Jul 96 aegrotat Sep 00 aerious Aug 00 aesculapian Nov 99 aesthete Nov 98 affiance Aug 96 affine Jul 96 afflatus Aug 94 affluential Mar 98 aficionado May 97 agelast Oct 02 aggiornamento Aug 00 agglomerate Dec 97 agglutinate May 94 agio Feb 95 agio Jun 05 agita Dec 02 agitprop Sep 04 aglet Nov 99 agley May 96 agnate Oct 99 agnomen Aug 06 agnosia Aug 09 agnostic Dec 99 agon May 96 agon Oct 94 agonist Sep 94 agonistes Dec 06 agoraphobia Jul 94 agoraphobia Sep 97 agoraphobia Dec 09 agrestic Jun 07 agrostology Mar 99 ahimsa Feb 06 ahimsa Oct 00 aileron Dec 03 ailurophile Mar 99 airy-fairy Jan 05 ait Jan 01 akimbo Nov 94 akimbo Dec 06 alacrity Mar 00 alarum Jul 99 albatross Nov 00 albatross Nov 06 albedo Apr 07 albedo May 01 albeit Nov 08 alchemy Nov 06 alcove Nov 07 aleatory Sep 99 alembic May 02 alexia Aug 04 alexiteric Aug 05 alford plea May 07 alfresco Jan 02 algolagnia Mar 99 algophobia Oct 05 algorism Jun 99 algorithm Oct 95 algorithm Nov 07 alienist Jan 04 aliment Aug 96 aliterate Nov 07 allocution Jan 04 allogeneic Nov 98 allonym Oct 05 alopecia Feb 98 alphonse and gaston Aug 09 alpine Oct 98 amalgam Nov 06 amanuensis Apr 95 amaranth May 94 amative Feb 97 amazon Apr 00 ambidextrous Jul 98 ambiguity Oct 00 ambisinister Jul 01 ambisinister Aug 08 ambit Jul 02 ambrosia Feb 99 ambrosia Dec 06 ambsace Jul 02 ameliorate Sep 01 amerce Jun 04 amicable Nov 02 amicus curiae Apr 04 amigo Dec 03 amok Oct 03 amoretto Feb 97 amorist Feb 97 amour-propre Dec 09 ampersand Mar 99 amphibology Nov 96 amphigory Apr 02 amphigory Apr 06 amulet Nov 98 amuse-bouche Nov 05 amusia Jul 00 ana Apr 96 anabasis Dec 02 anabiosis Apr 06 anachronism Jan 06 anacoluthon Dec 97 anacreontic Jul 04 anadiplosis May 00 anagnorisis Sep 04 anagoge May 00 anagram Jun 99 anagram Sep 02 analects May 00 analphabet Oct 08 analphabetic Aug 99 anamnesis Feb 95 ananda Sep 04 ananias Jun 96 ananym Sep 05 anaphora Sep 97 anastrophe Sep 97 anathema Nov 05 anchorite Jun 01 andragogy Sep 00 andragogy Oct 06 androcracy Jun 00 anecdotage Jul 07 anemious Apr 07 anent Aug 04 angary May 99 anhedonia Jul 00 anile Jul 01 animadversion Nov 94 animadvert Apr 05 animatronics Mar 98 animus Jan 05 annalist Feb 07 annelidous Apr 07 annelidous Oct 97 annie oakley Feb 10 annie oakley Apr 01 annulus Sep 98 annus mirabilis Sep 01 anodyne Aug 94 anomie Oct 94 anomie Dec 09 anon Nov 03 anon Dec 01 anonym Aug 95 anonym Sep 05 anopsia Apr 02 anosmia Jul 00 anschluss Nov 00 anserine Dec 00 antaean Apr 04 antanaclasis Mar 05 antanaclasis Dec 00 antebellum Sep 03 antediluvian May 94 antepenult Oct 97 anthropomorphize Dec 07 anthroponym Apr 00 anthropophagus Dec 97 antidisestablishmentarianism May 97 antidisestablishmentarianism Jun 06 antimacassar Feb 97 antiphony Oct 01 antiphrasis Mar 05 antiphrasis Dec 00 antipodal Sep 09 antipodal Oct 97 antipyretic Jan 04 antiquarian Jan 99 antitussive May 00 antitussive Oct 94 antonomasia Sep 99 apartheid Apr 98 apercu Oct 94 aperient Jun 00 aperture Dec 97 apgar score May 05 aphelion Nov 98 aphotic May 06 aphrodisiac May 00 apian Nov 05 apocalypse Jan 97 apocope Nov 96 apocrypha Apr 95 apodictic Feb 02 apograph Aug 08 apollonian Mar 97 apollonian Sep 96 apophasis Sep 97 aporia Sep 02 aposematic Jul 07 aposiopesis Sep 97 apostate May 04 apostrophe Mar 99 apothecary Apr 97 apothegm Jun 98 apotheosis Mar 98 appanage Jun 94 apparat Apr 03 apparatchik Apr 06 appellation Jul 95 apposite Aug 05 approbation Oct 02 appulse Jun 97 appurtenance May 95 apron Dec 98 apropos Nov 09 aptronym Dec 01 arborescent Jan 99 arboretum Mar 94 arcadia Sep 96 arcadian Sep 09 arcanum Jun 98 archimage Jul 03 archipelago Sep 08 archipelago Nov 97 archon Oct 07 arctophile Jul 00 arcuate Dec 95 areology Sep 03 argal Nov 08 argillaceous Aug 08 argonaut Jul 99 argosy Aug 95 argot May 95 argufy May 96 argus Feb 96 argus Apr 08 argus Jun 01 argy-bargy Jan 99 aristarch Mar 01 aristology Jul 97 arithmancy Aug 06 armada Dec 03 armageddon Jan 97 armamentarium Nov 03 armigerous Feb 01 armigerous Sep 02 armillary Oct 04 arriviste Oct 00 arrogate Dec 09 arsy-varsy Dec 06 arterious Oct 97 artesian Sep 07 artiodactyl Jan 10 asinine Sep 09 asinine Dec 00 asperity Jan 10 asperse May 99 asperse Oct 08 asseverate Apr 95 assiduous Apr 96 assiduous Jul 09 assize Aug 02 assoil Nov 01 assonance Jun 98 assuage Sep 01 astraphobia Dec 09 astrobleme Sep 02 asyndeton Mar 01 asyndeton May 07 ataraxia Jun 07 atavism Apr 95 athenaeum Jan 01 athenaeum Jan 06 athenaeum May 95 atlantean Jul 96 atlas Jun 96 atomy Jan 99 atomy Sep 07 atone May 09 atrabilious Jul 08 atrabilious Jul 98 atretic Aug 05 atrichia Dec 04 attainder Feb 01 attar Feb 96 attic salt Jun 02 atticism Aug 00 au contraire Apr 06 au fait Mar 09 au naturel Jun 04 aubade Feb 97 auctorial Mar 96 auctorial Oct 06 aufklarung Nov 00 augean Jun 96 auger Sep 07 aught Nov 03 aught Dec 98 augustan Mar 98 aureate Sep 96 auricle Nov 05 auscultation Jun 00 austral Aug 08 autarchy Jun 00 autarky Sep 94 autochthonous Apr 94 autocrat May 01 autodidact Mar 95 autonym Apr 00 autonym Sep 05 autotomy Oct 05 avast Sep 06 avatar Oct 03 avatar Oct 96 avatar Nov 94 avenaceous Jan 09 avid Oct 00 avifauna Jun 96 avigation Aug 03 avoirdupois Dec 09 avuncular Jul 95 axenic Jun 00 axenic Aug 07 axilla Feb 98 axiomatic Aug 05 azimuth Oct 97 azimuth Nov 07 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z b Word Featured in babbitt May 08 babbitt May 96 babel Apr 98 babylon Sep 96 bacchant Aug 99 bacchic Apr 99 backronym Sep 05 backwardation Dec 04 bad hair day Jun 01 badinage Jan 06 badinage Apr 98 baedeker Apr 98 bagatelle Mar 06 bailiwick Apr 95 bain-marie Feb 99 baker's dozen Mar 07 baker's dozen Apr 02 baksheesh Nov 02 balbriggan Jun 08 balkanize Oct 98 balneal Jan 04 balsamic May 06 banana republic Apr 02 banausic Nov 03 band-aid Sep 00 band-aid Sep 97 bandersnatch Jan 00 bane Feb 98 banshee Mar 97 bantam Jan 97 bap Aug 09 bariatrics Jan 04 barmecide Jun 97 barrack Oct 08 barrator Jan 01 barratry Oct 09 bastinado May 97 bathos Oct 96 bathypelagic Dec 98 bathyscaph Dec 98 batik Oct 03 battology Sep 00 baxter Jun 06 bayonet Oct 99 beacon Feb 99 beau brummell Sep 09 beau monde Apr 09 bedizen Apr 04 bedlam Jan 98 bedlam Sep 96 bedswerver Aug 07 beestings Jul 03 behoove Jul 98 belay Jul 95 beldam Jul 95 beldam Dec 09 belles-lettres Jan 99 belles-lettres Apr 06 bellicose Sep 03 benedict arnold Sep 01 benedict Jan 97 benevolent May 00 benighted Feb 04 benjamin Oct 05 benthos Dec 98 berserk Jul 99 best boy Jan 05 best gold Mar 06 beta Sep 00 betise Dec 02 bevy Jun 99 bevy Sep 05 bibacious Mar 05 bibelot Nov 96 biblioclast Jun 00 biblioklept Jun 00 bibliolater May 95 bibliolater Jun 00 bibliolatry Jan 99 bibliomancy Aug 06 bibliomania May 95 bibliopegy May 95 bibliopegy Oct 06 bibliophage Jun 00 bibliophile Jun 00 bibliophobe Jun 00 bibliopole May 95 bibliotaph Jun 00 bibliotheca May 95 bibliotics Mar 95 bibulous Dec 94 bidentate Oct 08 bien-pensant Apr 09 biennial May 02 big brother Mar 00 bight Nov 05 bigot May 98 bijou Jan 01 bilabial Jul 06 bildungsroman Oct 98 bilious Jun 09 bilk Sep 95 billet-doux Apr 96 billet-doux Jul 95 billingsgate Mar 97 billingsgate Apr 95 bimester Jan 06 bimillenary Oct 99 bindlestiff May 05 biogeography Jun 94 bird-dog Aug 09 birl Aug 09 birl Oct 98 bissextile Jul 02 bissextile Aug 07 blackball Mar 04 blarney Jun 07 blarney Jul 95 blase Jan 01 blasphemy May 00 blatherskite Nov 02 blaxploitation Oct 98 blazon Dec 95 bleb Jul 95 blighty Apr 03 blimey Apr 08 blimp Sep 97 bling-bling Dec 06 blitzkrieg Jan 96 blitzkrieg Aug 95 bloviate Feb 02 blue rinse Oct 01 blue streak Jan 08 bluebeard May 08 bluebeard Nov 97 bluestocking Aug 98 blunderbuss Feb 04 blurb Aug 97 bluster May 98 bobbsey twins Sep 02 bobby Jun 02 bobby Aug 98 bodacious Aug 95 bodacious Nov 06 boeotian Mar 00 boeotian Apr 03 boffin Oct 04 boffo Sep 04 bogart Dec 03 bohemian Aug 95 boisterous Mar 97 boll Feb 07 bollard Jan 00 bombast Apr 97 bombast Sep 07 bombinate Dec 99 bon mot Jan 06 bon ton Mar 09 bonanza May 97 bonhomie Oct 04 boniface Sep 97 bonsai Sep 99 bonsai Dec 08 booboisie Dec 99 boodle Sep 06 boondocks Jan 01 boondocks Oct 03 boondoggle Aug 97 bootleg Jun 98 bootless Jul 04 borborygmus Apr 09 borborygmus Dec 99 boreas Aug 99 bort Apr 01 bosh Jan 05 bosky Jan 99 boston marriage Aug 04 boswell Mar 97 bouleversement Jun 04 bounden Jul 98 bourbon Sep 96 bourn Nov 05 boustrophedon Feb 95 boustrophedon Jul 08 bovarism Dec 00 bovine Dec 00 bowdlerize Sep 09 bowdlerize Dec 94 bowyer Apr 07 bowyer Jul 97 boycott Aug 98 brachiate May 09 brachylogy Mar 01 brachylogy May 07 brad Jun 02 braggadocio Aug 96 brainiac Jun 04 brass-collar Mar 04 brasserie Feb 99 brassy May 03 bravura Apr 95 bravura May 05 breach Dec 97 breastsummer Jul 00 breastsummer Aug 07 bred-in-the-bone Dec 98 breeches part Jul 07 brevet Jan 03 bric-a-brac Jan 97 bricolage Sep 04 bridewell Mar 00 brigadoon Aug 01 brigadoon Sep 07 bright-line Apr 04 brio Jun 95 bristol fashion Sep 08 brobdingnagian Mar 08 brobdingnagian Jun 95 brodie Oct 02 brogan Jul 98 bromide Sep 06 bromidic Aug 97 bronx cheer Apr 03 bronx cheer Sep 05 brougham Jul 94 brougham Dec 98 brown study Oct 01 bruit Jun 97 brumal May 03 brummagem Jun 08 brummagem Sep 94 bruxism Jul 99 buccaneer Sep 06 buckley's chance Feb 08 buckram Sep 07 bucolic Mar 98 buff Apr 00 buffalo Nov 00 buggin's turn Feb 08 bulimarexia Feb 99 bulimia Feb 07 bull's-eye Mar 06 bum's rush Jun 08 bumbershoot Aug 03 bumbledom May 97 bumf Jun 03 bumptious May 97 bunbury Nov 07 bunkum Jan 97 bunyanesque Jul 06 burgomaster Jul 94 burke Nov 94 burlesque Mar 98 bushwa Mar 04 buskin Jan 10 buskin Feb 02 buskin Apr 94 busman's holiday Dec 07 butte Feb 07 butterfingered Sep 95 buttinsky Sep 95 buttress Jul 03 byronic Oct 09 byzantine Mar 00 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z c Word Featured in cabal Apr 98 cabana Apr 02 cabana May 07 cachet Apr 94 cachet Sep 97 cachinnate Feb 95 cachinnation Aug 97 cackle Aug 97 cacodemon Nov 95 cacoethes Dec 95 cacography Jul 09 cacography Aug 95 cacology Oct 08 cadastral Nov 08 cadge May 09 cadmean victory Apr 09 cadmean victory Sep 01 cadogan Jan 04 caduceus May 98 caduceus Jun 94 caesious Apr 07 cagey Sep 09 cain May 05 cairn Feb 08 caitiff Jul 98 cakewalk Dec 06 calaboose May 97 calcar Jun 98 calced Jun 06 calefacient Oct 04 calender Apr 99 calico Dec 02 calico Dec 08 caliginous Jun 05 callipygian Jul 08 callipygian Jul 97 callithump Feb 96 calumniate Nov 95 calvary Jan 97 calvity Dec 04 calvous Mar 07 camarilla Jan 97 camelot Jul 95 camorra Jan 02 campanology Jun 94 canard Feb 09 canard Dec 03 canary Nov 00 cancrine Feb 01 cancrine Feb 06 candent Jul 04 candescence Sep 98 canicular Sep 96 canonical Jan 10 canorous Dec 95 canossa Feb 03 cantabrigian Jan 00 canter Oct 98 canthus Feb 98 canton Jan 96 cap-a-pie Nov 09 capitation Apr 06 capitol Oct 98 capitonym Dec 01 caprice Nov 04 captious Apr 95 caravan Nov 97 caravansary Apr 94 caravel May 94 carbon-neutral Jan 08 carcinogen Apr 94 carillon Apr 03 cark Jun 05 carmine Oct 98 carnet Sep 97 carnivore Feb 99 carp Dec 95 carrageen Jun 07 carte blanche Dec 05 cartesian Mar 08 caruncle Oct 07 caryatid Mar 94 caryatid Jun 00 casanova Apr 98 cashier Apr 97 cassandra Mar 97 cassandra Jul 05 cassandra Oct 94 castigate Feb 10 castigate Nov 97 casus belli Mar 06 casus belli Jul 01 casus belli Sep 03 cat's paw Jan 08 catachresis Jul 08 catachresis Dec 95 catacomb Jan 00 catamaran Dec 07 cataract Jul 06 cataract Nov 02 cataract Dec 00 catbird seat May 07 catch-22 Jan 98 catch-22 Jun 03 catch-as-catch-can Dec 98 catchpole Apr 07 catechumen Mar 02 cater-cornered Oct 97 caterwaul Dec 95 cathect Feb 96 cathexis Jul 00 catholicity Apr 05 catholicon Feb 95 catholicon Jul 08 caucus Apr 98 causerie May 04 caustic Aug 97 caustic Sep 06 cavalier Aug 03 caveat Jun 95 cay Apr 02 cay May 07 cecity Oct 01 cede Feb 07 celadon Nov 97 celerity Mar 98 cellarer Jan 99 cenobite Jul 94 cenotaph Apr 08 cenotaph Jun 97 centaur Apr 08 cento Apr 03 cephalic Apr 95 cerberus Apr 05 cerebrate Feb 96 cereologist Oct 05 cerulean Oct 99 cerumen Jun 98 cesarean Dec 98 ceteris paribus Aug 04 chad Nov 99 chadband May 97 chaffer Jan 03 chaffer Aug 06 chaise longue Aug 01 champerty Apr 04 chandler Jun 97 chaos Mar 98 chaparral Jan 05 chaperon May 98 chapfallen Aug 05 chaplet Apr 07 chaplet May 01 chapman Jun 06 charactonym Apr 00 charactonym Sep 05 charlatan Jul 96 charley horse Jul 04 charnel Oct 00 charrette Jul 03 chartreuse Dec 02 chasm Feb 01 chatoyant Jan 07 chautauqua Feb 02 chauvinism Sep 98 chav Jan 08 cheap shot Jan 02 checkmate Jan 98 checkmate Oct 01 chef-d'oeuvre Dec 09 cherub Jun 98 cheval de bataille Aug 03 cheval-de-frise Aug 03 chevelure Feb 98 chevron May 01 chevron May 98 chew the fat Apr 02 chez Nov 08 chiaroscuro Feb 05 chiaroscuro Jul 94 chiasmus Sep 99 chichi Oct 01 chicken little Mar 01 chiliad Apr 96 chimera Apr 08 chimera Apr 96 china syndrome Aug 04 chinese puzzle Sep 08 chinese wall Jul 02 chinwag Mar 04 chirk Jul 95 chirography Apr 95 chirography Oct 05 chiromancy Aug 01 chivalry May 98 chocolate-box Dec 06 choleric Jun 09 choleric Jul 01 chop suey Sep 03 chortle Jan 95 chortle Aug 97 chouse Aug 09 chow Sep 03 chow Sep 03 chrematophobia Apr 94 chrestomathy Apr 05 chrestomathy Nov 96 chrysalis Jun 98 chrysalis Dec 01 chthonic Nov 95 chuffed Apr 04 chump Apr 97 churrigueresque Jun 09 chutzpah Apr 02 ciao Apr 00 cibarious Oct 07 cicerone May 08 cicerone Sep 96 ciceronian Jan 03 ciceronian Apr 09 cilice Nov 04 cimmerian Jun 99 cinderella Nov 97 cineaste Jan 04 cinematheque Oct 98 cinematheque Dec 03 cingular Jan 08 cingular Feb 03 circa Nov 08 circe Mar 02 circular Mar 03 circumambulate Jul 07 circumbendibus Mar 08 circumflex Mar 99 circumlocution Apr 97 circumscribe Nov 06 circumspect Dec 99 cladogenesis May 00 clairvoyance Aug 06 clamant Jul 99 clamber Feb 00 clamorous Mar 97 claque Jul 95 clay pigeon May 07 cleave Oct 08 cleave Dec 94 clement Dec 96 clepe Nov 03 clepe Dec 01 clerihew Apr 03 clerihew Apr 97 clerisy Mar 00 clerisy Mar 06 climacteric Aug 95 clinquant Aug 06 clochard Jul 01 clochard Aug 08 clodhopper May 04 cloister Jul 95 cloture Nov 01 clou Mar 09 cloud-cuckoo-land May 00 coadunate Mar 03 cobber Aug 09 cock-a-hoop Mar 04 cockaigne Sep 96 cockalorum Jul 98 cockamamie Feb 03 cockshut Apr 07 coda Jun 05 codex May 95 codicil Jun 98 codswallop Nov 03 coetaneous Apr 09 coeval Feb 09 cogitate Jul 99 cognate Feb 99 cognomen Sep 99 cohere Jan 09 col Sep 08 coliseum Jul 05 collage Feb 05 collocate Nov 96 collyrium Nov 02 collyrium Dec 00 colonel blimp Nov 03 colonel blimp Dec 01 colophon Apr 94 coloratura Mar 94 colporteur Mar 94 colporteur Apr 05 columbarium Feb 09 comate Oct 94 comedogenic May 05 comestible Jun 98 comity Feb 97 comity Dec 94 commensalism Oct 94 commentariat Jan 08 comminute Nov 96 commiserate Sep 01 commove Oct 95 compeer Jul 99 compellation Apr 99 compossible Jun 07 compurgator Jun 96 comstockery Apr 98 comstockery Sep 09 concatenate May 00 concinnity Oct 94 concomitant Mar 00 concordance Feb 00 concrete poetry Apr 03 concupiscence Mar 95 condescend Dec 97 condign Nov 04 condottiere Jan 02 condottiere Aug 00 conduce Feb 09 confabulate Apr 98 conflate Feb 00 conge Feb 96 congeal Feb 97 congeneric Jul 01 congeries Feb 96 congruent Sep 98 congruent Nov 01 conjugal Aug 96 connate Jul 96 conniption Apr 95 connubial Jul 96 connubial Dec 94 conquistador Aug 95 consanguinity May 95 consort Aug 95 conspectus Apr 02 conspectus Apr 06 contango Dec 04 contemn Apr 04 conterminous Apr 95 continuance Oct 08 contour Dec 97 contrail Jan 95 contrail Dec 03 contraindicate Jan 04 contraption Feb 96 contretemps Jan 95 contretemps Mar 95 contretemps Mar 98 contronym Dec 01 contubernal Jun 97 contumacious Feb 09 contumacious Jul 97 contumelious Nov 07 contumely Jan 95 conurbation Jul 03 conversant Aug 02 conversazione May 96 convoke Nov 09 cook's tour Oct 04 cookie-cutter Dec 06 cookie Sep 00 cooper Jul 97 copacetic Feb 97 coparcenary Mar 95 copemate Oct 08 copemate Dec 94 coppice Jan 99 coprolalia Dec 99 coprolite Jul 08 coprolite Aug 98 copse Nov 05 cordon bleu Jan 08 cordwainer Jun 06 coriaceous Apr 00 corinthian Nov 04 corky Jul 99 cormorant Aug 01 cornucopia Aug 99 corpulent Nov 08 corpus Jun 98 corrigible May 09 corrigible Dec 96 corybantic Mar 02 corybantic Nov 03 coryphaeus Oct 99 cosher Jun 08 cosmogony Jun 94 cosmopolis Mar 99 cosset Feb 96 costive Jun 08 costive Jun 99 cothurnal Jan 10 cotton May 09 couchant Nov 95 couloir Dec 05 counterplay Jan 98 countervail Jun 09 couth Dec 96 couvade Jan 98 coven Oct 95 coventry Apr 99 covey Jun 99 covey Sep 05 coxcomb Jan 07 coxcomb Apr 00 crabwise Oct 01 crapehanger Nov 98 crapulent Jan 04 crapulous Jul 97 crasis Jun 05 credenza Jul 98 cremains Oct 98 crescendo May 05 crestfallen Feb 09 criminate Sep 98 cringeworthy Dec 05 crinite Dec 04 crispin Dec 04 criticaster Nov 95 croesus Aug 99 crossbuck Apr 01 croupier Jul 08 crown of thorns Aug 05 cruciverbalist Jan 02 cryptonym May 03 cryptozoology Jul 97 cultivar Nov 08 cultus Jul 99 culvert Dec 97 cumshaw Nov 02 cunctation Nov 94 cunctator Nov 01 cupidity Jan 97 curate's egg Dec 07 curiosa Nov 94 curlicue Dec 05 curtilage Oct 09 cwm Mar 97 cwm Aug 09 cwm Nov 94 cyanosis Feb 98 cyclopean Apr 05 cygnet Nov 99 cynosure Jan 07 cynosure Feb 95 cyprian Oct 04 cyrenaic Jul 95 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z d Word Featured in dace Aug 94 dactylogram Aug 08 daedal Jun 98 dagwood Nov 97 daltonism Feb 10 daltonism Apr 01 dandle Aug 06 danegeld Dec 04 darbies Oct 04 darby and joan Aug 09 darby and joan Nov 07 dark horse Aug 08 darkle Feb 96 darwinian Dec 04 dasypygal Aug 03 dauphin Nov 00 davy jones's locker Aug 03 daymare Nov 09 de novo Mar 07 deadeye Oct 95 deadman's hand Jun 08 debark Jan 01 debark Feb 06 debonair Dec 03 debouch Jan 03 debouch Aug 06 debridement Oct 01 debunk Apr 98 debut Oct 00 decalcomania Mar 97 decalcomania Jun 94 decant Mar 96 decerebrate May 99 deciduous Jan 99 decimate Sep 02 declivitous Aug 95 decoct Jul 99 decuman May 09 decuple Sep 99 decussate May 09 deep-six Jun 03 defalcate Nov 97 defalcation Sep 95 defenestrate Jul 09 defenestration Mar 97 defenestration Sep 94 defilade Aug 95 deflagrate Apr 02 degringolade Dec 05 degustation Jul 95 dehisce Jan 03 dehisce Aug 06 dehort Jun 07 deign Jun 04 deinstitutionalization May 97 deipnosophist Aug 97 dekko Jan 01 delate Dec 06 deleterious Oct 07 deliquesce Jun 97 delitescent May 05 delphian Jul 96 deltiology Mar 03 demagogue Sep 02 demarche May 99 demarche Jul 07 demesne Mar 94 demiurge Jan 96 demonology Jul 97 demotic Aug 99 demur May 99 dendriform Jul 06 dendrochronology Nov 05 denigrate Jun 04 denouement Mar 00 dentate Jul 99 dentifrice Jul 99 dentigerous May 00 dentigerous Aug 07 dentulous Feb 96 depone Mar 03 depredate Dec 95 depredate Dec 95 deracinate Jun 04 derby Jan 04 derby Jul 00 derecognize May 99 deride Jun 04 dermatoglyphics Mar 09 dernier cri Jun 04 derrick Dec 98 derring-do Jun 02 derring-do Nov 03 dervish Nov 97 descender Apr 99 desideratum Jul 98 desultory Jun 95 desultory Jul 03 detente May 99 detente Jul 07 deus ex machina Nov 00 deuteragonist Jul 07 deuterogenesis Jan 96 devil's advocate Jun 08 devious Sep 09 devoir Jul 04 dewclaw Oct 07 dewlap Apr 07 dewlap May 01 dexterous Jul 01 dexterous Aug 08 dharma Feb 06 dharma Oct 96 diablerie Oct 00 diabolical Dec 97 diacritical Sep 06 diadem Apr 97 diaeresis Mar 99 diaphanous Mar 09 diaspora Jun 95 diastema May 01 diastema Jul 99 diastrophism Aug 09 diatribe May 98 dibs Feb 97 dibs Jul 09 dicephalous Mar 09 dicker Apr 98 dictatress Jul 07 didactic Aug 00 didymous Jul 07 digitalis May 95 digitate Jan 96 diglot Jan 05 diktat Jan 96 dilli Jan 07 dilly-dally Jan 99 diminutive Apr 99 dingle Jan 08 dingus Jun 94 dinkum Oct 03 dionysiac Apr 99 dionysian Feb 97 diplomatics Jun 00 diplopia Jul 02 diplopia Jul 07 dipsomania Sep 97 dipsomania Dec 09 dipsy doodle Jan 02 dipsy doodle May 06 diptych Mar 09 dirge May 98 diriment Jan 05 dis Jun 04 discalced Jan 10 discalced Oct 96 discombobulate Aug 98 discombobulate Dec 08 discommode Feb 06 discommode Jun 01 disdain Nov 97 disembogue May 97 disembogue Dec 03 disgregate Oct 06 dishabille Jan 96 disinter Jul 09 disparage Jun 04 disport Feb 10 dissemble Jun 05 dissert Sep 08 dissimulate May 09 distingue Jul 99 distrain Mar 03 distrait Feb 00 dittography Aug 01 diurnal Oct 02 diurnation Feb 08 divagate May 95 divers Nov 06 doddered Feb 95 dodecagon Mar 06 doff Feb 95 dog's age Feb 09 dog's letter Jan 08 doggo Nov 09 doily Jun 99 dol Aug 00 dolce vita Dec 99 doldrums Dec 98 doleful Jan 98 dolly varden Mar 00 dolor Oct 03 don juanism Aug 00 don Feb 95 donkeys_years Jan 08 donnee Nov 96 donnybrook Jun 07 donnybrook Jun 94 doodad Mar 95 doolally May 02 doolally Dec 08 doppelganger Jul 02 doppelganger Aug 07 doppelganger Oct 96 dornick Jun 08 dotard Nov 99 dotty Jan 01 double entendre Jul 02 double entendre Aug 07 doublethink Jan 00 doubting thomas Oct 02 douceur Mar 03 down-at-the-heel Dec 98 dowse Jul 05 dowse Dec 97 doxology Jun 94 doyenne Oct 03 dr. strangelove Dec 00 draconian Oct 09 draconian Dec 96 draggle Feb 04 dragoman Apr 03 dragon's teeth Apr 05 dragoon Feb 07 dragoon Apr 99 dramatis personae Jan 09 dramaturg Feb 02 drawcansir Apr 04 dreary Mar 97 dreary Nov 02 dreary Dec 00 dressage Mar 94 druthers Mar 08 dryasdust Dec 05 dryasdust Dec 96 ducat Sep 04 dudgeon Mar 03 duende Dec 03 dulcet May 94 dulcify Sep 95 dulcinea Jun 97 dumbwaiter May 94 dun Apr 98 dunce Apr 98 dundrearies May 08 dundrearies Dec 96 dunkirk Feb 03 dunkirk Oct 99 duodecennial Mar 06 duodecimal Mar 06 duodecimal May 96 duodenum Mar 06 duoliteral Oct 97 duopoly Aug 02 duplicitous Jul 98 dutch auction Jul 02 dyed-in-the-wool Jan 97 dyscalculia Feb 01 dysesthesia Jul 00 dyslexic Jun 99 dyspeptic Nov 98 dysphagia Dec 07 dysphemism Jan 03 dysphoria Oct 02 dystopia Mar 08 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z e Word Featured in eagre May 02 earthy Aug 96 earwig May 98 eaves Jul 03 ebrious Feb 05 ebullient Apr 08 ecdemic Apr 02 ecdysis Jan 96 ecesis Nov 05 echt Feb 08 eclaircissement Mar 96 eclat Mar 96 eclat Apr 94 eclogue Mar 04 ecru Oct 09 ecumenical Jan 09 edacious Mar 96 edentate Nov 95 edentulous Jul 99 educe Jun 07 educe Jun 95 effete May 05 effrontery Nov 06 effulgence Dec 94 effusion May 97 egeria Jun 96 egregious Jan 00 egregious Sep 02 eidetic Jul 04 eidolon Nov 95 eighty-six Jan 98 eighty-six Jun 03 eisegesis Sep 00 eke Jun 95 ekistics Dec 99 el dorado Aug 01 el dorado Nov 07 eldritch Oct 96 eleemosynary Jun 09 eleemosynary Jul 94 elevenses Mar 05 eleventh hour Mar 05 elide Dec 94 elliptical Mar 03 elliptical Sep 00 elysian Apr 99 elysium Feb 95 embargo May 98 embonpoint Nov 95 embouchure Jul 94 embracery Apr 04 embrangle Jun 04 embrasure Jul 95 embrocation Mar 07 emeritus Jun 06 emetic Jun 00 eminence grise Nov 01 emote Nov 98 empennage Dec 03 emprise Mar 03 emptor Aug 02 empty nest syndrome Sep 00 empyreal Jan 04 en banc Mar 03 enate May 04 enate Oct 99 encaustic Feb 05 enchiridion Feb 96 encomium Jan 95 encomium Oct 09 endemic Jan 09 endgame Jan 98 endgame Oct 01 endogamy Apr 08 endogamy Nov 98 endogenous Aug 00 endsville Apr 04 endue May 02 energy Oct 00 enfilade Jun 97 enfranchise Jun 00 enjambment Sep 97 ennead Sep 99 ennead Oct 03 ennui May 98 enormity Jan 00 enow Jul 05 ensorcell Jan 03 ensorcell Jul 06 entelechy Nov 04 entente Jun 04 entresol Jan 98 enuresis Dec 99 envenom Feb 98 eolian Apr 99 eolian Sep 96 eonism Jan 07 epanorthosis Dec 09 epenthesis Aug 01 epeolatry Oct 08 epexegesis Sep 95 ephemeris Oct 97 epicene May 01 epicure Dec 95 epicurean Jan 99 epigamic Feb 07 epigeal Feb 07 epigone Feb 07 epigone Nov 98 epigram Mar 04 epigraph Feb 99 epilogue Mar 04 epiphenomenon Aug 08 epistolary Mar 09 epistrophe Dec 01 epithalamion Aug 06 epizootic Jul 01 eponym Apr 00 epopee Aug 06 epopee Sep 99 epos Dec 05 epuration Feb 01 epuration Sep 02 equanimity Jul 09 equerry Apr 94 equipollent Jan 95 equitant Jul 03 equitation Jul 96 equivoque Sep 94 ere Jan 96 ere Nov 08 eremite Jan 10 eremite Sep 99 erg May 06 erg Dec 02 eristic Apr 03 eros Nov 99 erose May 00 erotomania Sep 97 ersatz Mar 00 eructate Dec 99 erudite Feb 03 erythrophobia Jun 06 escarpment Jan 01 eschatology Dec 95 escheat Oct 01 escritoire Oct 94 esculent Jun 97 escutcheon May 94 escutcheon May 98 esemplastic Jan 02 espalier Dec 08 esperance Jan 96 espousal Jul 96 esprit d'escalier Apr 05 esprit de corps Dec 09 esthesia Feb 96 estival Jul 02 estivate Jul 01 estoppel May 02 estuary Nov 97 esurient Dec 95 eternity Nov 97 etesian Jan 09 ethology Feb 02 etiolate Sep 95 etiology Jun 94 etymon Oct 98 eudemonia Dec 02 euhemerism Jul 99 eupeptic Jul 96 euphemism Jan 02 euphony Mar 98 euphuism Nov 97 eurybathic Jul 09 eustasy Feb 01 eustasy Feb 06 evanescent Mar 97 eviscerate Apr 95 evitable May 09 evitable May 09 evitable Dec 96 ex libris Jan 09 ex parte Jan 09 exalt Nov 97 excelsior Feb 99 excelsior Jun 01 excelsior Sep 00 excerebrose Feb 04 excogitate Nov 96 excoriate Jun 09 excrescence Apr 04 excursive Dec 07 excursus Oct 98 execrable Mar 05 exfiltrate Mar 98 exhilaration Feb 00 exigent Nov 06 exiguous Aug 06 eximious Feb 02 exogenous Jul 09 exonumia Mar 03 exonym May 03 exorable May 09 exorcise May 98 exordium Mar 95 exoteric Oct 02 expatiate Jul 09 expectorate Dec 95 expediency Oct 09 expiate Nov 09 expurgate Feb 98 exscind Jun 96 exsert Jun 96 exsiccate Jun 96 extemporize Jun 03 extensile Jul 99 extirpate Apr 08 extramundane Nov 03 extraterritoriality May 99 extraterritoriality Jul 07 extravasate May 99 extrinsic Aug 98 exurb Nov 08 exuviate Feb 00 eyas Sep 07 eyas Nov 99 eye dialect Aug 01 eyeservice Aug 07 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z f Word Featured in fabian Sep 96 fabulist Oct 94 facade Feb 00 facetiae Sep 07 facetious Apr 07 facetious Oct 97 facile Jul 04 facinorous Aug 03 factoid Jan 00 factory farming Mar 08 factotum Feb 96 facultative Nov 95 fagin Mar 97 fain Jun 03 faineant Nov 01 faineant Nov 03 fallacious Nov 97 false colors Sep 06 falstaffian Mar 97 famulus May 96 famulus Oct 07 fandango Jan 97 fanfaronade Apr 00 fantabulous Aug 00 fantod Dec 02 fard Jul 97 fardel Sep 99 farouche Apr 96 farrago Jun 94 fartlek Aug 02 fascicle Mar 96 fascicle Oct 06 fastidious Jan 98 fastuous Apr 02 fata morgana Aug 00 fatidic Jul 05 fatuous Jan 97 fauntleroy Sep 97 faustian Nov 00 fawn Nov 99 febrile May 96 fedora Aug 99 feisty Sep 02 felicity Mar 98 feme covert Feb 05 feme sole Nov 04 fen Jun 03 fencible Jan 04 feng shui Apr 06 ferruginous Sep 96 fescennine Jun 08 fescennine Oct 97 festinate Dec 94 festschrift Mar 96 festschrift Apr 05 fetial Mar 06 fetial Jul 01 fetor Feb 02 feuilleton Apr 05 feuilleton Nov 96 fey Mar 98 fiasco Aug 00 fictioneer Nov 96 fiddle-faddle Jan 99 fifth column May 01 fifth column Oct 06 figurehead Sep 08 figurehead Nov 96 filemot Sep 05 filial May 04 filiation Sep 98 filibuster Jun 00 filibuster Sep 06 fin de siecle Aug 02 finale Jun 05 finial Apr 07 finial May 01 finis Feb 04 finlandization Mar 05 firmament Oct 06 first water May 01 first water Nov 06 firth Dec 98 fishwife Nov 95 fissiparous Dec 94 fissure Dec 97 fizgig Jan 07 fizzle Apr 98 fjord Nov 97 flack Jan 03 flagellate Dec 95 flagitious Dec 94 flagrante delicto Jul 05 flammable Sep 98 flannel May 09 flatfoot Mar 04 flatulent Dec 99 flavor of the month Apr 02 flay Jul 95 fleer Aug 97 fleet street Mar 05 fletcher Mar 06 fletcher Jul 97 fletcherize Mar 01 flews Jan 00 flibbertigibbet Jun 08 flibbertigibbet Jul 94 flinty Feb 95 floccinaucinihilipilification May 97 floccinaucinihilipilification Jun 06 flocculate Oct 94 florilegium Feb 00 floruit Mar 07 flotsam Feb 99 flummadiddle Dec 08 flummery Dec 06 flyleaf Nov 96 foehn Sep 96 fogram Oct 04 foley Jan 05 foley Aug 03 fomites Sep 05 fool's gold Feb 09 footle Aug 95 footling May 95 forbearance May 00 forbearance Aug 07 force majeure Oct 07 forehanded Dec 06 forfend Aug 04 formication Jul 97 forsooth Aug 04 fortuitous Jan 00 forwhy Nov 08 fossick Oct 03 four-flush Jan 98 foursquare Jan 98 fourth estate May 01 fourth estate Oct 06 fourth wall Jul 07 frabjous Jan 00 fractious Mar 05 frag Sep 04 frangible Jul 99 frangible Nov 02 frank Oct 97 frankenstein Aug 96 french leave Jul 02 frenum Feb 98 freshet Nov 95 fress Jun 03 freudian slip May 07 friable Feb 95 friar's lantern Dec 07 frigorific Feb 97 frisson Dec 05 frogmarch Sep 09 frontispiece Jan 99 froufrou Jul 06 froward Jan 97 frowzy Jan 06 frugivorous Aug 96 fruitarian Oct 98 fubsy Sep 95 fuddy-duddy Jun 96 fug Apr 96 fug Aug 09 fugacious Aug 08 fugacious Aug 98 fugleman Oct 07 fuliginous Sep 94 full monty Jun 01 fulminate Aug 97 fulsome Jan 00 fumarole Dec 05 funambulism Aug 95 fungible Mar 95 fungible Dec 94 funicular Jan 04 furfuraceous Feb 97 furfuraceous Nov 95 furl Jan 01 furphy Oct 03 furphy Dec 01 fuscous Sep 05 fussbudget Jan 06 fustian Mar 95 fustian Apr 97 fustian Sep 07 fustigate Nov 96 fustilugs May 05 futilitarian Aug 03 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z g Word Featured in gadarene Aug 05 gadfly Oct 01 gadzookery Apr 04 gaff Jun 09 gaffer Jan 05 gainly May 09 gainly Dec 96 gainsay Nov 03 gainsay Dec 01 galahad Feb 97 galen Jul 06 gallimaufry Mar 95 gallivant May 95 gallup poll Dec 04 galore Dec 06 galumph Jan 00 galvanize Jun 99 gambit Jan 98 gambit Oct 01 gamboge Mar 05 gammon Jan 07 gamp Jun 97 gamut Jun 05 garble Jan 00 garboil May 08 garbology Mar 01 garbology Apr 06 garcon May 94 garderobe Jan 98 gardyloo Dec 95 gargantua Apr 99 gargantuan May 08 garniture Oct 03 garrison finish Jan 07 garrulous Feb 00 garth Sep 04 gascon Jan 97 gaslight Jul 05 gastronome Jan 99 gauche Jun 04 gauntlet Jan 10 gearhead Jun 03 gegenschein Mar 06 gehenna Apr 96 gelid Feb 97 gemutlich Jul 00 gemutlichkeit Nov 00 generalissimo May 95 generalissimo Jul 94 generic Jul 01 geomancy Mar 99 geoponic Apr 08 georgic Mar 99 geostationary Oct 97 gerent Nov 99 gerrymander Jan 03 gerrymander Jul 96 gest Apr 98 gestalt Apr 06 gestapo Jul 03 geyser Oct 98 ghetto Dec 02 ghost word Sep 00 gibraltar Feb 02 giglet Nov 04 gigo Sep 00 gimcrack Oct 09 glabella Feb 98 glabrous Feb 98 glabrous Aug 94 gladsome Jul 07 glasgow kiss Sep 08 glasnost Mar 02 glaswegian Dec 99 glaucous Sep 05 gloaming Aug 04 glossal Aug 02 glutinous Oct 02 glutton Jan 99 gnathonic Dec 00 gnomon Apr 07 gnomon May 01 goatee May 98 god's acre Feb 09 godwottery Oct 05 golconda Aug 97 golconda Dec 08 goldbrick May 03 golden calf Aug 05 goldwynism Dec 04 golgotha Oct 97 goliath Oct 02 gongorism Oct 95 gonzo Jan 02 good samaritan Dec 02 goody two-shoes Jun 06 goody two-shoes Jul 00 googol Aug 97 googolplex Oct 99 goombah Sep 06 goon Dec 96 gordian knot May 00 gordian May 05 gordon bennett Sep 09 gorgon Jun 96 gorgonize May 05 gormandizer Oct 08 gormless Feb 03 gosling Nov 99 goth Jan 03 gourmand Jan 99 gourmet Jan 99 gradgrind May 97 graduand Aug 00 graduand Oct 06 gramarye Sep 94 gramarye Oct 96 gramineous Mar 09 grammatolatry Jul 08 grand guignol Oct 99 grangerize Jul 96 grangerize Sep 09 gratuitous Jul 98 gravamen Jun 98 gravamen Oct 07 gravid Jan 98 gravitas Oct 95 gravity Oct 00 gree Nov 94 greek calends Jul 02 greek calends Aug 07 greenmail Oct 01 greenroom Jul 07 gregarious Apr 04 gresham's law May 05 gride Apr 01 grift Jul 09 grig Jun 09 grig Aug 98 grinch Mar 01 grip Jan 05 grisaille Feb 05 griselda Dec 00 grizzle Jun 97 grizzle Oct 99 grog Sep 07 grog Dec 96 groin Jan 98 grok Jan 00 grommet Jul 94 grommet Nov 99 groundling May 95 growler Jun 09 grub street Oct 99 gudgeon Jun 02 gudgeon Dec 08 guerdon Jun 94 guesstimate Feb 96 guillotine Jul 96 guinea pig Jul 04 gulag Jul 03 gular Feb 98 gulosity Sep 04 gumshoe Jun 06 gundygut Jun 08 gunk Sep 00 guru May 99 gustatory Jun 96 guttle Jan 03 guttle Aug 06 guyot Jun 99 gymnasium Jun 94 gynarchy Jun 00 gynophobia Jun 06 gyp Dec 98 gyrovague Feb 06 gyrovague Jun 01 gyve Apr 94 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z h Word Featured in ha-ha Mar 02 habile Nov 07 habiliment Oct 94 habitue Sep 95 haboob Jul 07 hacker Sep 00 hackney Mar 05 hadal Dec 98 hades Nov 96 haggard Aug 08 hagiarchy Apr 05 hagiography Jan 10 haiku Apr 03 haiku Aug 99 hail-fellow-well-met Dec 98 halcyon Apr 05 hallmark Oct 97 hallux Apr 01 halyard Jan 00 hamadryad Apr 94 hamartia Oct 99 handsel Sep 99 hangdog Jan 02 hansard Jun 99 hap Mar 98 hapax legomenon Oct 02 haplography Mar 01 haplography Apr 07 haplology May 00 harbinger Jan 00 hardscrabble Jul 00 hardscrabble Aug 07 harpy Feb 96 harpy May 08 harridan Aug 03 haruspicy Aug 06 hat trick Jan 02 hat trick May 06 haver Feb 02 hawkshaw Jul 00 haywire Jun 98 hearken Nov 03 hearken Dec 01 heath robinson Oct 05 hebdomad May 96 hebdomadally Mar 95 hebetate May 96 hebetudinous Oct 04 hecatomb May 09 hecatomb Nov 95 hector Jan 96 heebie-jeebies May 04 heebie-jeebies Aug 97 heft May 06 heft Dec 02 hegira Jun 97 heist Feb 97 heliolatry Jan 10 heliolatry Oct 94 heliotrope Mar 98 hellkite Jan 02 helpmeet Jun 02 hemidemisemiquaver Apr 99 hendecagon Mar 05 hendecasyllabic Mar 05 hendiadys Nov 96 henotheism Nov 98 herbivorous Feb 99 herculean Apr 99 heretic Oct 04 herky-jerky Sep 98 hermeneutic Jul 06 hermetic Apr 09 hermetic Sep 96 hessian Sep 07 hesternal Jan 06 heteroclite May 04 heterodox Apr 00 heterography Oct 05 heteronym Oct 98 heteronym Dec 01 hey rube Oct 08 hibernaculum Jul 04 hibernian Jan 00 hidalgo Apr 08 hie Nov 04 hierarch Oct 07 hieroglyphic May 98 hierophant Dec 95 higgledy-piggledy Jul 95 higgledy-piggledy Oct 96 high-muck-a-muck Dec 03 high-muck-a-muck Dec 96 highbinder Jul 96 highfalutin Apr 94 hight May 99 hinterland Apr 03 hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian Apr 94 hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian May 97 hircine Jun 97 hirsute Feb 98 hirsutulous Mar 07 hispid Feb 98 histrionic Jun 02 hobbit Jan 00 hobbledehoy Dec 02 hobbyhorse Nov 09 hobson's choice Aug 03 hobson's choice Aug 99 hobson-jobson Aug 01 hodiernal Jun 05 hoi polloi Nov 06 hoi polloi Dec 99 hoity-toity Oct 96 hole-in-the-wall Dec 98 holograph Feb 00 holograph Jul 94 holophrastic Jan 03 holus-bolus Jan 05 homeric Sep 99 homograph Feb 99 homologate Nov 09 homonym May 99 honcho Nov 02 hone Jun 95 honorificabilitudinity May 97 honorificabilitudinity Jun 06 hoosegow Feb 05 hootenanny Jan 07 hootenanny Jul 97 hop-o'-my-thumb Jan 97 horatio alger Oct 04 hornbook Mar 96 hornbook Oct 06 hornswoggle Dec 08 horology Jun 94 horrent Oct 01 horripilation Jul 00 hors d'oeuvre Nov 05 hors de combat Aug 03 horse latitudes Nov 09 horse-and-buggy Nov 09 horst Jan 01 hortative Jul 95 hotsy-totsy Jan 02 houri May 02 howbeit Sep 04 hoyle Apr 99 hubba-hubba Jun 05 hubble-bubble Jan 05 hubbub Jun 08 hugger-mugger Oct 96 hullabaloo Jan 07 humble pie Jan 03 humble pie Jul 01 humdinger Mar 96 hurly-burly Oct 96 hurry-scurry Oct 96 hustings Mar 04 hyaline Jun 96 hydra Aug 99 hyoid Jan 00 hyperbaton Sep 00 hyperbole Oct 02 hyperbolic Mar 03 hyperborean Feb 97 hypercorrection Jan 03 hypergelast Oct 08 hypergolic Sep 07 hypnopompic Feb 08 hypochondriac Apr 00 hypocorism Aug 94 hypocorism Nov 96 hypogeusia Jul 00 hypolimnion May 99 hyponym Apr 00 hysteron proteron Nov 00 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z i Word Featured in iatric Jan 04 iatrogenic Jul 08 iatrogenic Aug 95 icarian Jun 96 ichnology Aug 01 ichor Jul 98 ichthyology Jun 94 ichthyology Nov 95 iconoclast May 98 identic May 99 identic Jul 07 ideogram May 98 ides Jul 02 ides Aug 07 idiolect Aug 01 idiopathy Feb 08 idiopathy Nov 02 idiot savant May 04 idoneous Dec 02 ignoramus Oct 95 ikebana Sep 99 iliad Jan 96 illation Jan 04 illeist Oct 02 illume May 96 imago Aug 95 imbricate Nov 95 imbrication Jul 94 imbroglio Aug 00 immanent Aug 97 immix Jan 07 immix Nov 98 immure Sep 95 impassible May 99 impeach May 98 imperforate Oct 97 impetuous Dec 99 implore May 98 importune May 98 impost Apr 06 imprecate Feb 00 impregnable Aug 02 impregnable Dec 94 impresario Feb 02 impresario Jun 03 imprest May 02 imprimatur Jun 95 imprimatur Sep 09 imprimis Jan 09 imprimis Dec 95 impuissance May 03 imputation Jul 95 in medias res Jan 09 inamorata Feb 97 incarnadine Sep 05 inchoate Mar 00 inchoative Sep 95 incipit Oct 95 incogitant Mar 05 incogitativity Jul 97 incommensurability Jul 97 incommode Jun 00 incommode Aug 07 incommunicado Feb 05 inconnu Jun 02 inconnu Dec 08 inconsequentiality Jul 97 incubus Mar 97 inculpate Aug 01 incult Jul 04 incunabulum Feb 07 incunabulum Apr 94 indefatigability Jul 97 indehiscent Nov 05 indian summer Aug 04 indicia Oct 97 indigent Apr 04 indite Feb 03 indite Apr 95 indolent Oct 00 indolent Nov 02 indomitable Mar 98 indubitability Jul 97 indurate Apr 08 indwell Apr 95 inebriety Nov 01 ineffable May 97 ineluctable Aug 95 inerrancy Apr 96 infelicitous Aug 95 inferno Nov 96 inflorescence May 94 infundibuliform Mar 09 infundibuliform Mar 96 ingenue Jul 07 inhume Mar 08 iniquity Oct 00 inkhorn term Jan 02 inquorate Feb 01 inquorate Sep 02 inselberg Jul 09 insolate Nov 96 insomnolent Apr 02 insouciant Aug 05 instauration Mar 03 insufflate Mar 95 intaglio Mar 94 integument Jun 98 intenerate May 03 intercalary Jun 95 intercalary Aug 07 intercede Nov 94 intercostal Oct 97 interdict Feb 09 interleaf Aug 00 internationalization Jun 06 internecine Apr 95 internecine Nov 03 internuncio Aug 95 interpellate Oct 95 interpellate Dec 07 interregnum Jul 94 interregnum Aug 07 interrex Jul 00 interrobang Mar 99 interstice Dec 97 intromit Nov 96 intumesce Apr 95 inveigh Apr 95 inveterate Aug 05 invidious Nov 06 invious Aug 05 involution Sep 98 ipse dixit Sep 03 ipso facto Mar 07 iracund Mar 02 irade Jul 02 irascible Feb 09 irenic Jan 95 iris Jul 06 irish bull Jul 02 irredenta Oct 94 irredentist Aug 99 irrefragable Jul 04 isohyet Oct 99 isthmus Sep 08 isthmus Dec 97 ithyphallic Mar 02 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z j Word Featured in jabberwocky Jan 96 jabberwocky Apr 96 jabberwocky Dec 07 jackanapes May 94 jackanapes May 95 jackanapes Jun 08 jackboot Mar 04 jacobin Sep 98 jake Jun 09 jalousie Jul 94 jangle Dec 95 janissary Apr 00 janus-faced Feb 97 jape Apr 98 jarvey Jan 07 jawbone Mar 04 jaywalk May 07 jejune Jul 00 jekyll and hyde Aug 09 jekyll and hyde Aug 99 jell-o Sep 97 jentacular Oct 07 jeremiad Apr 99 jeremiah May 08 jericho Apr 03 jericho May 08 jesuit Aug 98 jetsam Feb 99 jettison Feb 99 jeune premier Dec 03 jezebel Jan 97 jihad May 02 jim crow Mar 00 jimjams Dec 06 jive Jul 09 job's comforter Feb 08 job's comforter Aug 99 jobbernowl Jan 08 jodhpurs Aug 98 jodhpurs Dec 08 joggle Feb 95 john bull Feb 10 john bull Mar 01 john hancock Sep 99 johnny-on-the-spot Dec 96 jolly roger Sep 06 jonah Jan 97 jorum Apr 97 jounce Nov 06 jovial Aug 96 judas Apr 99 juggernaut Jul 96 juggernaut Oct 03 jugular Sep 01 jugulate Dec 06 juju May 03 julienne Aug 04 jungle Jul 96 junoesque Nov 99 junta Sep 07 junto May 00 jurassic Aug 94 juvenescent Dec 99 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z k Word Featured in kaffeeklatsch Nov 94 kafkaesque Sep 99 kafkaesque Dec 07 kahuna Dec 07 kakistocracy Jun 00 kangaroo court Oct 01 kaput May 98 karma Oct 03 karma Oct 96 karst Jul 09 karst Aug 98 karuna Mar 08 katabasis Jan 03 katzenjammer Dec 02 kayo Jul 03 keelhaul Sep 08 keelhaul Nov 96 kef Apr 96 kenning Feb 99 kerf Dec 97 kerfuffle Jan 08 kibitz May 07 kibitzer Dec 95 kickshaw Jul 01 kilkenny cats Feb 02 kilkenny cats Jul 04 kine Dec 98 king's ransom Jul 08 kip Apr 98 kismet Mar 98 kitsch Nov 00 kleenex Sep 97 kleptocracy Mar 99 kleptomaniac Jun 05 klieg light Jun 04 kludge Aug 97 kludge Sep 00 knickerbocker Sep 01 knickknack Sep 98 knurl Mar 98 kowtow Nov 01 kriegspiel Dec 02 kulturkampf Mar 00 kvell Feb 04 kvetch May 02 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z l Word Featured in la-di-da Jan 97 la-di-da Mar 02 labanotation Oct 02 labile Apr 95 labile Dec 94 lability Feb 04 labret Aug 98 labrose Jun 04 labyrinth Aug 99 laches May 02 lachrymal Oct 95 lachrymose Feb 09 lachrymose Sep 95 laconic Feb 99 laconic Jun 01 laconic Jun 96 lacuna Dec 97 lacustrine Apr 00 lady bountiful May 05 lagniappe Jul 95 lagniappe Nov 07 lahar Dec 07 laird Nov 95 laity Sep 95 lakh Apr 96 lam Sep 95 lambent May 94 lambent Jul 03 lamia Jun 00 lamia Jun 94 lamster Oct 95 lanate Jul 02 landloper Mar 04 landlubber Feb 99 langlauf Aug 95 laodicean Apr 99 lapidary Apr 95 laputan Sep 98 lares and penates Jan 09 lariat May 97 lariat Jun 94 lariat Nov 06 lase Sep 95 lassitude Oct 04 last hurrah Aug 99 latchet Jun 07 latitudinarian Apr 05 latitudinarian Jul 97 latitudinarian Sep 95 lavage Mar 98 lavaliere Aug 99 lave Sep 95 lazaretto Apr 99 lazaretto Oct 95 laze Sep 95 lea Feb 08 leaden May 03 leadfoot Dec 06 leal Sep 95 lebensraum Mar 00 lection Mar 04 lee May 06 lee Dec 02 leeway Nov 96 legation May 99 legerdemain Sep 09 legerity Aug 05 leitmotif Nov 00 leitmotiv Jan 96 lemma Jun 98 lenitive Apr 97 lenitive Jul 94 lenity Apr 97 lentiginous Nov 09 leonine Jun 97 leotard Aug 98 lepidopterology Mar 09 leptodactylous Oct 05 lese majesty Dec 05 lethe Feb 95 lethe Oct 94 levant Jan 95 leveret Nov 99 levin Sep 04 levity Oct 02 lex talionis Jul 05 lexeme Feb 00 lexiphanes Oct 07 lexis May 00 libertine Nov 95 libration Nov 97 libretto Jan 99 licit Dec 96 lickerish Sep 99 lido May 02 lido Jul 05 lief Jun 03 life of riley Jul 02 ligneous May 00 lilliputian Apr 97 lilliputian May 08 limbate Sep 96 limerick Jun 07 limerick Aug 98 liminal Jan 09 limn Oct 95 limnology Jul 09 limnology Oct 99 limpet Feb 99 limpet Sep 08 limpid Nov 01 linctus Jul 08 lineament Jan 10 lingua franca Jul 08 liniment Nov 04 linsey-woolsey Sep 07 lipogram Oct 05 lissotrichous Dec 04 literally Jan 00 literatim Apr 95 lithosphere Dec 05 litigious Jan 01 litotes Sep 99 litterateur Oct 98 littoral Jun 94 liverish Sep 01 livid Jan 07 loco Dec 03 locus classicus Aug 00 locust years Feb 01 locust years Feb 06 lodestar Aug 99 loggia Jul 94 logogram Oct 98 logograph Feb 99 logogriph Sep 94 logology Sep 02 logomachy Sep 94 logorrhea Sep 94 logrolling Jul 98 logy Jun 94 logy Nov 08 lolita Mar 97 lollygag Oct 01 longanimity May 99 longueur Aug 00 looby Jan 06 loose cannon Aug 08 loot Nov 94 loquacious Apr 96 loquacious Aug 08 lorgnette Oct 03 loricate Sep 02 lorimer Jun 06 losel Nov 98 lothario May 96 lotus-eater Dec 96 louche Jul 01 louche Aug 08 lowering May 07 lucent Jan 08 lucent Feb 03 lucre May 98 lucubrate Mar 09 lucubrate Sep 94 luculent Aug 00 lucullan Jan 97 lucullan May 08 luddite Mar 97 luggable Mar 98 lugubrious Mar 95 lugubrious Oct 07 lumpen May 03 lunula Feb 98 lupine Jun 97 lurid Sep 96 lustrate Dec 95 lustrum May 96 luteous Sep 96 luxuriant Jan 00 lycanthropy Jun 95 lyceum Aug 94 lychnobite Feb 08 lyophilize Feb 97 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z m Word Featured in macadam Jul 99 macaronic Sep 99 macaronic Nov 07 macedoine Nov 04 macedoine Nov 05 mach Dec 03 machiavellian Jul 96 machiavellian Oct 09 machicolation Jan 98 mackle Aug 07 macroscian Nov 07 macroscopic Jun 03 maculate Dec 96 madeleine Aug 03 madison avenue Sep 05 mae west Sep 99 maecenas May 00 maenad Mar 97 maffick Aug 96 magdalen Jan 97 magenta Apr 99 maginot line Feb 10 maginot line Apr 01 magisterial Oct 04 magna carta Jul 08 magnum opus Apr 02 magnum opus Apr 06 magus Oct 95 maharajah Jun 99 mahatma Jun 99 mahatma Aug 94 mahatma Oct 96 maieutic Jun 98 mainstay Sep 08 mainstay Nov 96 majordomo Apr 94 malacia Aug 07 malapert Jul 94 malapropism Mar 01 malapropism Aug 96 malarkey Jul 04 malediction Aug 99 malefactor Jun 00 malefactor Aug 07 malefic Aug 97 malingerer Oct 00 malkin Jan 07 malocclusion Jul 99 malodorous Aug 95 malversation Aug 05 mammatocumulus Sep 96 mammon May 05 mammonism Mar 00 mammothrept Jun 97 man friday Mar 00 manacle Feb 01 mancunian Dec 99 mandarin Jan 03 manege May 95 manichean Apr 99 manichean Oct 09 manitou Dec 03 mano a mano Feb 05 manque Feb 00 manque May 06 mansard Jul 99 mansuetude Mar 95 mantic Aug 04 mantra Feb 06 maquillage Aug 08 marathon Oct 97 mare's nest Jan 08 margaritaceous May 06 maritorious Apr 09 marmoreal Jul 98 maroon Apr 98 marplot Feb 97 martial Aug 96 martinet Jun 09 martinet Aug 96 mascot May 98 massif Nov 97 mastodon Oct 96 mata hari Jun 09 materfamilias Apr 09 materia medica Jan 04 materteral May 04 mathematicaster Mar 09 matriarch Feb 05 matrocliny Feb 05 matronym May 03 mattock Jul 98 matutinal Jul 04 maudit Mar 98 maudlin Apr 09 maudlin Oct 96 maugre Nov 08 mausoleum Jun 09 mausoleum Dec 98 maven Jul 06 maverick May 01 maverick Jul 95 maw Apr 98 mawkish Sep 09 maxwellian Oct 05 maya Mar 97 mayhap Sep 04 mccarthyism Dec 96 mccoy Sep 96 mcguffin Jan 04 mcjob Feb 01 mcjob Feb 06 meander Oct 99 mecca Jun 01 mecca Oct 97 medevac Sep 95 mediate Dec 96 mediocracy Mar 98 meed Jun 03 meeken Oct 08 megalopolis Mar 99 megillah Mar 08 megillah Dec 99 megrim Mar 96 meiosis Nov 98 melancholic Jun 09 meld Feb 96 mellifluous Feb 98 mellifluous Aug 02 meme Dec 99 menagerie Dec 97 mendacious Jun 05 mendacious Jun 95 mendicant Oct 09 menology Aug 02 menology Aug 07 mensch Apr 02 mense Jun 02 menstruum Nov 97 mensuration Nov 97 menticide Jul 09 mentor Feb 96 mephitic Feb 98 mercer Jun 06 mercurial Aug 96 meretricious May 94 merry-andrew Sep 04 mesa Apr 02 mesa May 07 meshuga Mar 08 meshuga Nov 98 mesmeric May 07 mesmerism Dec 96 mesne Feb 04 metaphor Oct 02 metaplasm Oct 02 metathesis May 00 metempsychosis Oct 94 methuselah Feb 10 methuselah Mar 02 meticulous Jan 10 metier Nov 94 metonymy Aug 95 miasma Jun 97 micawber May 97 mickey mouse Mar 00 micropsia Aug 09 micturate Aug 98 midas Mar 97 midwife Apr 98 milady Nov 04 milesian Aug 97 milliner Aug 97 milquetoast Oct 95 miltonic Nov 00 mimesis Jul 04 mimetic May 95 minatory May 97 minatory Jul 09 mingy Aug 03 minim May 99 minnow Jun 02 minnow Dec 08 minotaur Apr 05 minx Nov 04 mirabile dictu Feb 01 mirandize Apr 04 misandry Feb 05 misanthrope Feb 00 miscegenation Oct 99 miscible Aug 97 miscible Sep 06 mishmash Sep 98 mishmash Dec 95 misocainea Aug 01 misogamy Mar 99 misogyny Apr 09 misology Feb 07 misology Dec 94 misoneism Mar 99 misoneism Jul 08 misopedia Apr 00 misprision Dec 94 missish Jan 04 mithridatism Jan 96 mitigate Mar 96 mittimus May 02 mitty Jul 05 mitzvah Dec 95 mnemonic Jun 99 mocha Oct 98 mogigraphia Dec 05 mogul Mar 02 moiety Apr 94 moiety Jun 07 moirologist Apr 09 mojo Aug 95 moliminous Oct 07 mollycoddle Aug 94 molotov cocktail Sep 99 momism May 04 momus Nov 94 monadnock Sep 08 monadnock Oct 98 monaural Jan 01 mondegreen Mar 01 mondegreen Dec 99 mondo Jul 05 monepic Dec 09 monestrous Nov 01 moniker Dec 07 monody Jun 94 monody Aug 06 mononym May 03 monopsony Aug 02 monosyllabic Mar 99 moola Feb 97 mooncalf Mar 02 moonstruck Feb 97 mopery Jun 05 mora Aug 00 moratorium Nov 98 morganatic Jul 08 morganatic Oct 96 morose Mar 01 morpheus May 00 mortmain Jul 98 mortmain Oct 09 motile Feb 98 moue Mar 09 moulin Dec 05 mountebank Dec 94 moxie Sep 00 moxie Oct 95 mrs. grundy Mar 00 mufti Jan 03 mug's game Feb 09 muggle Jun 03 mugwump May 99 mulct Apr 96 muleteer Apr 94 muliebrity Feb 05 muliebrity Aug 98 mulligrubs Mar 06 mullion Jul 98 multeity Oct 07 multiparous Oct 94 mumbo jumbo May 03 mumpsimus Mar 00 munchausen syndrome Jul 00 munchkin Feb 00 murdrum Aug 00 muriphobia Apr 94 murphy's law Sep 00 muse Aug 99 mussitation Aug 95 mutt and jeff Aug 09 muzzy Apr 97 myopic Jul 01 myopic Aug 08 myriad Sep 99 myrmecology Jul 97 myrmidon Mar 95 mystagogue Nov 07 mythologem Nov 08 mythomania Aug 94 mythomania Sep 97 mythopoeic Nov 98 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z n Word Featured in nabob Jun 99 nabob Jul 96 nadir May 02 naif May 03 namby-pamby Oct 96 napier Apr 07 napiform Jun 04 narcissism Jul 96 nares Aug 02 nark Jan 05 natality Jan 98 natation Jul 96 nauruan Dec 99 navvy May 99 neanderthal Nov 04 neapolitan Dec 99 nebbish Nov 98 necrology Aug 94 necromancer May 97 necromancy May 94 necromancy Aug 06 necropolis Nov 00 nemesis Apr 99 neologist Oct 05 neophyte Nov 01 neoteny May 94 neoteric Jul 01 nepenthe May 94 nescience Feb 96 nestor Jan 96 netherworld Nov 00 nettle Nov 09 neuston Jan 09 nevus Aug 02 new york minute Aug 04 newel Jan 09 newel Apr 01 newspeak Jan 00 nickname Dec 98 nictitate Aug 95 niddering Jun 02 nide Jun 99 nidicolous Aug 95 nidification Oct 94 nidifugous Jun 96 nidus Aug 95 nihil obstat Sep 09 nihilarian Nov 09 nimbus Jun 95 nimiety Feb 96 niminy-piminy Jan 05 nimrod Mar 97 nincompoop Nov 99 ninnyhammer Dec 03 nirvana Feb 06 nirvana Oct 03 nirvana Oct 96 nirvana Nov 94 nisei Sep 99 nisi Apr 04 nisus Jul 00 nitid Feb 02 nitid Jun 96 nival Dec 05 nocebo Mar 08 nocent May 96 noctilucent Apr 08 nocuous May 96 noetic Dec 02 noisome Jan 97 nolens volens Jul 05 nom de guerre Sep 03 nonce Sep 07 nonesuch Apr 03 nonet Oct 00 nonpareil Mar 98 nonpareil Aug 95 nonplus Feb 05 nosegay Nov 02 nosegay Dec 00 nosism Oct 07 nosocomial Feb 08 nosocomial May 00 nosology Feb 08 nosology Nov 02 nosophobia Jun 06 nostomania Jun 06 nostrum May 94 notaphily Mar 03 notorious Jan 00 nous Feb 01 novation Oct 09 novercal May 04 noxious Feb 98 nubilous Jan 09 nudiustertian Aug 06 nudnik Feb 04 nugacity Aug 08 nugatory Jan 09 nugatory Mar 95 numen Jun 98 numen Dec 01 numinous Oct 94 nummary Aug 02 nuncle Jan 99 nuncupative Jul 97 nuptial Aug 96 nutation Oct 94 nutraceutical Jun 01 nutriment Nov 01 nychthemeron Oct 05 nyctalopia Nov 02 nyet Mar 02 nymphomania Jun 00 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z o Word Featured in obambulate Oct 08 obeisance Oct 00 obiter dictum Mar 01 obiter dictum May 07 objurgate Feb 00 oblivious Dec 97 obloquy Jun 09 obnubilate Jun 95 obscurantism Jan 10 obsequious Jan 00 obsequy Feb 06 obsequy Jun 01 obsidian Jun 02 obstreperous Feb 09 obstreperous Feb 98 obtund Jun 04 obturate Feb 00 obverse Oct 97 obviate Jul 98 occiput Jun 98 occiput Dec 01 occlude Oct 03 occultation Oct 97 ocellus Apr 01 ocker Nov 00 ockham's razor Mar 00 october surprise Oct 04 octopus Nov 00 octothorpe Oct 03 oculist Dec 97 ode Sep 06 odeum Mar 02 odious Sep 09 odium Jan 05 odorous Oct 95 odyssey Feb 96 oeuvre Mar 98 officinal Oct 06 officious Jan 00 officious Sep 02 ogee Jun 01 ogre Oct 00 oleaginous Dec 03 oligarchy Oct 07 oligopoly Jan 10 oligopoly Sep 94 oligopsony Jun 05 oligopsony Sep 94 olio Apr 96 olla podrida Dec 99 olympian Jul 96 ombudsman May 98 omerta Aug 00 omnibus Feb 00 omnifarious Mar 07 omphalos Oct 99 omphaloskepsis Mar 07 omphaloskepsis Mar 97 omphaloskepsis May 95 oneiric Oct 96 oneiromancy Jun 95 oneiromancy Jul 05 oneiromancy Oct 94 oniomania Mar 01 oniomania Apr 06 oniomania Aug 02 onomastic Nov 96 onomastics Sep 94 onomatomania Dec 09 onomatopoeia Jun 99 onychophagia Mar 01 onychophagia Apr 06 oology May 01 oology Jun 96 oology Aug 94 operose Dec 04 opisthograph Aug 00 oppugn Mar 96 opsimath Jan 02 opus Jun 98 opus Dec 01 opuscule Apr 99 opuscule Aug 98 oratorio Jul 94 oratory Jan 98 orgulous Mar 95 orientate May 96 oriflamme May 98 origami Aug 99 orihon Apr 02 orihon Apr 06 ormolu Aug 98 ornithology Jun 96 orotund Feb 04 orotund Dec 95 orphic Oct 96 orrery Jan 04 orrery Oct 98 ort Jul 95 ort Aug 09 orthoepy May 94 orthoepy Jul 08 orthoepy Jul 94 orthography Feb 00 orthography Jul 08 orwellian Jul 99 orwellian Oct 09 os Jan 07 os Jun 98 os Jul 95 oscitant Apr 01 oscitant Oct 06 osculate Aug 98 osculate Nov 01 osmic Apr 00 ossuary Feb 01 ossuary Sep 02 ostiary Apr 07 ostracize Oct 04 otiose Oct 09 otiose Oct 09 otiose Nov 94 oubliette Aug 94 ouch Sep 07 oust Aug 02 outre Mar 96 overslaugh Mar 09 oxfordian Jan 04 oxter Aug 02 oxymoron Mar 05 oxymoron Dec 00 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z p Word Featured in pabulum Apr 97 pace Nov 08 paean Feb 97 paisano Sep 06 paladin May 96 palatine Jul 05 palaver Dec 97 palilogy Sep 00 palimony Apr 97 palimpsest Oct 98 palindrome Jun 99 palindrome Sep 02 palinode Aug 06 palinode Oct 08 palinode Oct 98 palisade Mar 06 palladium Jun 96 palliasse Dec 97 palliate Apr 95 palliate Jun 09 palmary Mar 04 palmy Nov 05 palsy-walsy Jan 99 palter Apr 05 paludal Mar 07 pamphlet Apr 00 pandect Aug 00 pandemic Oct 94 pandemonium Jun 05 pandemonium Aug 97 pander May 00 pandiculation Jul 00 pandora's box Feb 08 pandora's box Nov 99 pangaea Feb 01 pangaea Feb 06 panglossian Mar 97 pangram Sep 02 pangram Oct 98 panjandrum Dec 94 panmixia Oct 06 panophobia Sep 97 panoply Jul 09 panoply Oct 99 panopticon Aug 00 panspermia Aug 98 pantagruelian May 08 pantaloon Aug 98 pantheism May 94 pantheon Jul 05 papabile Apr 06 paparazzo Sep 97 paper tiger Aug 08 papilionaceous Mar 02 papuliferous Jun 04 parabolic Mar 03 paradox Jan 03 paragoge Oct 08 paragon Mar 98 paralipsis Mar 05 paralipsis Dec 00 paramnesia Jul 00 paranymph Jul 00 paraph Mar 07 paraphernalia Apr 00 parapraxis Jul 08 parataxis Sep 00 pari passu Mar 07 pariah May 01 parietal Oct 06 parisology Oct 05 parity Jan 98 parkinson's law Sep 00 parlous Feb 04 parlous Jul 99 parnassian Oct 99 parol Mar 03 paronomasia Mar 01 paronomasia Nov 96 parrhesia Oct 05 parthian shot Mar 06 parthian Apr 99 parturition Jan 98 parvenu Mar 95 pas de deux Apr 09 paseo Jan 97 paseo Jul 95 pasha Oct 07 pasquinade Jan 96 pasquinade Sep 09 passe-partout Apr 09 passel Feb 04 passible Nov 01 passim May 95 passive-aggressive May 04 pastiche Jul 07 paterfamilias May 04 pathetic fallacy Jan 03 patois May 94 patrician Nov 07 patrocliny Apr 09 patronym Jan 02 patzer Jan 98 pavid Apr 08 pavlovian Apr 97 pavonine Dec 00 pawky May 07 pax romana Feb 02 pearl harbor Mar 00 peccable May 96 peccable Dec 96 peccadillo Jan 97 peccadillo May 07 peccant Nov 94 peccavi Jun 05 pecksniffian Jan 96 peculate Sep 95 pecuniary Mar 01 pecuniary May 01 pedagogue Sep 00 pedantic Aug 00 pedigree Apr 00 pedology Feb 05 peeping tom Aug 99 pelagic Jun 96 pelagic Dec 98 pele's hair Feb 08 pelf May 00 pell-mell Sep 98 pell-mell Dec 08 pellucid Apr 09 pellucid May 94 pencel Nov 06 pendulous Nov 01 penelope May 07 peneplain Dec 05 penetralia Apr 00 peninsula Nov 97 pennant Oct 98 penster Apr 97 pentimento Feb 03 penury Mar 97 per stirpes Oct 07 peradventure Apr 94 peradventure Jun 07 perambulate Feb 00 percipient Jun 99 perdition Nov 00 peregrination May 94 peremptory May 99 peremptory Oct 09 perendinate Apr 09 perennial Jan 06 perfervid Nov 07 perfidious Dec 97 pergola Jul 03 peri Jan 05 pericope Mar 96 pericope Aug 95 pericope Oct 06 perihelion Aug 07 perihelion Oct 97 peripatetic Feb 09 peripatetic Aug 95 peripeteia Oct 98 periphrasis Apr 96 periphrastic Dec 09 pernicious Oct 02 perorate Jul 99 perpend Apr 05 persiflage May 05 persnickety May 95 personate Apr 95 personate Sep 98 perspicacious Jul 97 perspicuous Apr 95 pertinacious Apr 01 pertinacious Oct 06 pervious Jan 01 pervious Jan 06 pestilential Dec 97 petard May 94 peter principle Sep 00 petrichor Apr 04 pettifogger Nov 99 petulant Nov 99 phantasmagoria Aug 98 pharaoh Jan 03 pharisaical Apr 97 pharmacopoeia Jul 94 pharmacopoeia Nov 96 pharology Jul 97 pharos May 02 phatic Mar 96 phatic Aug 06 philadelphia lawyer Dec 02 philippic Dec 96 philistine Mar 97 phillumenist Mar 99 philodox Jul 04 philography Mar 01 philography Apr 06 philogyny Oct 02 philomath Mar 02 philoprogenitive Jun 98 philosophaster May 01 philosophy Oct 00 philter Jun 94 philtrum Nov 99 phlegmatic Jun 09 phlegmatic Sep 01 phoebus Sep 03 phoenix May 05 phonetic Mar 99 phraseology May 04 phyletic Oct 99 phyllotaxis Jul 97 phylogeny Aug 97 physis Aug 05 piacular Mar 99 pianissimo Mar 99 pianoforte May 04 piazza Jul 95 pica Aug 96 picante Mar 99 picaresque Jan 97 picaro Jan 97 picaroon Jan 97 picayune Feb 99 picayune Jun 01 pickwickian Apr 09 pickwickian Aug 96 picot Aug 94 piddle Mar 99 piebald Feb 95 pied piper Apr 00 pied-a-terre Mar 09 pied Feb 09 piedmont Oct 98 pierian Feb 97 pignus Feb 07 pigsney Feb 07 pike Nov 95 piker Apr 08 pileous Dec 04 pilgarlic Feb 98 pilgarlic Mar 07 pilgarlic Oct 96 piliferous Feb 98 piliferous Mar 07 piliform Aug 01 pillory May 99 pilose Mar 99 pinchbeck Sep 98 pinchbeck Nov 07 ping-pong Sep 97 pingo Jul 09 pinguid Dec 04 pink collar Oct 01 pinnace Aug 94 pinnate Feb 04 pintle Nov 99 pinto Nov 04 pip Jun 95 piquant May 97 piscatory Nov 95 pissoir Mar 99 pistolero Feb 05 pithecanthropus Mar 94 pixilated Apr 01 pixilated Oct 06 pixy Jul 94 pizzicato Mar 99 placebo Nov 02 plangent Dec 94 planisphere Nov 97 plashy May 06 plateau Dec 97 platitudinarian Nov 07 platitudinous Oct 03 platonic Dec 98 plausive Jun 03 pleach Dec 08 plebeian Nov 98 plebiscite May 99 pleiad Sep 09 plenipotentiary Apr 94 plenipotentiary Jul 07 pleochroic Jul 07 pleonasm Apr 96 pleonexia Aug 08 plica Jun 01 ploce Dec 00 ploce Dec 09 plushy May 09 plutonian Aug 96 pluvial Aug 94 pluvial Sep 96 pneuma Jan 09 pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis May 97 pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Jun 06 pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Aug 94 pocket veto Feb 02 pococurante Apr 01 pococurante Oct 06 pod Jun 99 podsnap May 97 podunk Jan 96 poetaster Apr 94 pogonip Feb 97 pogonotrophy Mar 07 poindexter Dec 05 point-device May 08 polemic Sep 03 polemology Mar 06 polemology Jul 01 politicaster Sep 08 pollard Jan 99 pollard Dec 08 pollex Aug 02 pollicitation Aug 06 polliwog Nov 99 pollyanna Aug 96 pollyanna Sep 97 pollywog Aug 94 poltergeist Nov 98 poltroon Jan 95 polydipsia Sep 95 polyglot Jul 04 polyhistor Apr 00 polyhistor May 04 polymath Mar 95 polymath Jun 94 polyonymous Oct 04 polyphagia Mar 05 polyphyletic Oct 99 polysemous Apr 96 polysyndeton Sep 97 polyvalent May 04 pompadour Apr 04 pompadour Aug 94 pontificate Apr 05 ponzi scheme Mar 00 pooh-bah May 95 pooh-pooh Dec 06 popinjay May 94 popinjay Jul 08 porcine Jun 94 porcine Jun 97 portal-to-portal Feb 96 portcullis May 94 portend Feb 00 portiere Aug 94 portmanteau Mar 09 postdiluvian Jun 03 postern Jan 98 posthumous May 98 postpartum Feb 98 postprandial Mar 05 potamic May 03 potatory Feb 06 potatory Jun 01 potemkin village Nov 03 potemkin village Dec 01 potentate Nov 95 pother Oct 94 pother Dec 09 potter's field Aug 05 potvaliant Feb 04 pourboire Mar 96 pourparler Mar 96 powwow Sep 95 powwow Dec 03 prad Apr 01 praetorian Jun 08 prandial Feb 99 praxis Mar 96 precatory Jan 10 precipitation Feb 00 precocious Dec 97 predilection Jan 96 prehensile Feb 01 prehensile Feb 06 prelapsarian Sep 06 prelude Nov 04 premorse Jun 07 prepense Dec 06 prepone Mar 08 prepossessing Feb 07 preposterous May 04 prequel Mar 08 presbyopia Jul 94 presentism Jan 05 prestidigitation May 94 prestidigitation Sep 09 pretermit May 09 prevenient Sep 06 previse Jun 07 previse Jul 00 priapean Dec 98 priapism Dec 99 prick-song Jun 02 primipara Jan 98 primipara Nov 95 primogenitor Oct 99 primogeniture Oct 97 prince charming Mar 00 prise Nov 06 prissy Apr 97 prithee Apr 08 privation Sep 98 probity Aug 95 proboscis May 99 proceleusmatic May 06 procellous May 06 procrustean Nov 01 procrustean Dec 96 proem Oct 94 profligate Feb 07 profluent Nov 04 progenitor Oct 99 prognostic Apr 97 prolegomenon Nov 94 prolepsis Sep 97 prolepsis Dec 94 prolix Nov 08 prolix Nov 94 promethean Apr 99 pronunciamento Jun 98 prophylactic Mar 94 prophylaxis Jun 00 propinquity Feb 09 propinquity Oct 95 propitious Aug 05 prorogue Sep 08 prosateur Aug 00 proscenium Feb 02 proscribe Feb 07 prosopagnosia Apr 09 prosopopoeia Nov 00 prospicient Aug 05 prosy Feb 95 protean Aug 96 protege Nov 04 prothalamion Apr 94 protract Sep 98 provenance Jul 97 provender May 05 prude Apr 98 prude Dec 09 prudential Jan 08 prudential Feb 03 prufrockian Dec 05 psephology Mar 04 psephology Apr 00 pseudandry May 09 pseudepigrapha Jan 99 psittaceous Dec 94 psittacine Jun 96 psyche Aug 98 psychobabble Jan 02 publican Apr 06 puce Oct 99 pudency Sep 02 pudibund Jun 07 pugilism Jul 96 pugnacious Jun 95 puisne Feb 95 puissance Feb 95 puissant Sep 07 pukka Jul 96 pulchritude May 06 pulchritude Jun 98 pule Jun 97 pullulate Jun 95 punchinello Jul 02 punctilious Apr 01 punctilious Oct 06 pundit Jun 99 pundit Jul 96 pundit Oct 03 punic Aug 96 punic Sep 96 purl Apr 98 purlicue Jun 09 purple passage Oct 01 purple prose Jan 08 pusillanimous Apr 08 pusillanimous Dec 99 putsch Mar 06 pygmalionism Apr 97 pyromania Mar 99 pyrophoric Mar 99 pyrrhic victory Mar 06 pyrrhic victory Jul 01 pyrrhonism Aug 96 pythoness Jul 03 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z q Word Featured in qua Aug 04 quacksalver May 02 quadrennial Jul 96 quadrennium Aug 94 quaggy Aug 06 quantum Dec 09 quaquaversal Jul 00 quark Aug 97 quartan Jan 01 quean Apr 99 queen regnant Jul 08 querist Oct 96 querulous Jun 99 qui vive Dec 05 quid pro quo Sep 01 quiddity Jan 95 quiddity Mar 97 quiddity Oct 08 quidnunc Sep 08 quidnunc Sep 94 quiescent Mar 95 quietus Mar 03 quinquagenarian Oct 99 quinquennial May 96 quintessence Apr 03 quisling May 95 quisquilian Jun 08 quixotic Aug 96 quodlibet Mar 09 quodlibet Jun 97 quoin Jul 03 quondam Mar 95 quotha Jun 05 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z r Word Featured in rachmanism Jun 09 raffish Nov 99 ragamuffin Nov 07 ragamuffin Dec 96 raillery Jul 96 raiment Nov 94 rainmaker Apr 03 raisonneur Nov 00 rakehell Aug 01 ramada Apr 02 ramada May 07 ramble Apr 00 rambo Sep 97 rampallion May 05 rampart Jan 98 rancor Feb 98 randy Jun 02 rangy Jan 06 ranine Jun 97 rankle Apr 98 rapine Apr 95 rapparee Jul 06 rapporteur Nov 09 rapporteur Nov 09 rapprochement Nov 03 rapscallion Nov 02 raptorial Feb 95 rara avis Sep 01 rasorial Aug 07 rasputin Dec 04 ratiocination Mar 95 ravel Dec 94 razzmatazz Dec 06 realpolitik Jan 96 rebarbative Dec 03 reboant Jun 95 recalcitrant Nov 07 recherche Nov 94 recision Sep 08 recondite Oct 95 recreant Feb 00 recto Jan 99 recusant Aug 05 red herring Apr 02 red-letter Jul 98 redact Jul 99 redbrick Jan 08 redd Jun 01 redivivus May 06 redolent Dec 94 redoubt Jul 03 redoubtable Apr 03 redound Apr 99 redux May 06 reeding Jan 00 referendum May 99 refocillate Nov 96 refractory Mar 05 regent Dec 06 regnant Jun 06 reify Mar 95 rejoinder Jan 06 relucent Sep 95 remontant Sep 02 remora Jun 02 remora Nov 95 remora Dec 08 renascence Jul 99 rendezvous Mar 98 renitent Dec 04 renumerate Aug 05 repartee Jan 06 repine Jan 05 repository Feb 99 reprise Mar 96 reprobate Dec 04 requite Jan 01 requite Jan 06 res gestae Oct 09 resile Sep 01 resipiscent Jul 07 resistentialism Mar 04 resolute Jun 05 ressentiment Sep 08 restaurateur Mar 96 restive Apr 97 ret May 06 ret Dec 02 retail therapy Jun 01 reticent Apr 00 reticulate Nov 94 retrograde Oct 97 retromingent May 03 retronym Apr 00 retronym Dec 01 revanche Oct 95 reveille Nov 98 revenant Feb 95 reverberate May 99 revest Feb 95 rhadamanthine Jun 99 rhinorrhea Aug 05 rhopalic Dec 09 rhubarb Jun 09 rhymester Oct 96 rialto Jul 05 rialto Aug 98 riant Nov 07 rictus Jun 96 rident Jan 06 riff Jun 95 righteous Nov 97 rimy Aug 09 rip van winkle Jan 07 riprap Jan 05 ripsnorter Jul 97 risibility Feb 96 risible Aug 97 risorgimento Aug 00 ritzy Aug 98 rive Dec 94 roach Dec 95 roborant Jul 08 rock-ribbed Jul 98 rodomontade Mar 01 rodomontade May 95 rollick Nov 08 roman a clef Apr 02 roman a clef Apr 05 roman holiday Jul 02 roman holiday Aug 04 roman nose Sep 08 roman-fleuve Nov 98 romeo Sep 98 rondeau Mar 07 roorback May 95 roscian Jul 06 rosetta stone May 02 rostrum Feb 99 rotund Feb 00 roue Jul 95 roustabout Feb 09 rover boy Nov 03 rover boy Dec 01 rowen Oct 96 royal we Jul 08 rube goldberg Sep 99 rubenesque May 05 rubicon Feb 03 rubicon Apr 99 rubicund Feb 98 rubric Jul 95 ruckus Apr 97 rufous May 96 rugose May 96 rumbustious Feb 04 ruminate Jul 99 runcible Aug 97 runic Apr 94 running dog Jul 04 rurban Feb 96 ruritanian Apr 99 russell's paradox Sep 00 russet Oct 09 rusticate Jul 99 ruth Dec 96 rx Jul 03 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z s Word Featured in sabulous Dec 02 sacerdotal Jan 10 sachem Dec 03 sacred cow Aug 08 sacrilegious Aug 02 sad sack Jul 02 sagacious Nov 94 sallow May 00 saltant Jul 03 salubrious Oct 04 salutary Apr 04 salvage Feb 00 salver Apr 02 samizdat Mar 02 samson Jun 97 sand-blind Nov 03 sang-froid Jun 98 sangfroid Apr 03 sanguine Feb 09 sanguine Jun 09 sanguine Sep 96 sannyasi Jun 99 sansculotte Dec 03 sapid Apr 96 sapient Mar 96 saponaceous Aug 03 sapor Aug 96 sarcophagus May 98 sardonic Jun 08 sardonic Jul 96 sardoodledom Oct 04 sartorial Feb 01 sartorial Feb 06 sass Nov 98 satchel Jul 02 satori Dec 99 satrap May 01 saturnalia Aug 96 saturnian Sep 03 saturnine Aug 96 saturnine Oct 94 satyagraha Oct 00 satyr Nov 99 saute Nov 05 savoir-faire Dec 09 sawyer Jul 97 sayonara Sep 99 scabrous Jun 96 scalawag Feb 03 scapegoat Jan 97 scapegrace Aug 94 scaramouch Aug 97 scart Apr 01 scepter Jun 94 schadenfreude Aug 98 schadenfreude Sep 04 schist Nov 97 schlemiel Dec 95 schlep May 02 schlimazel Sep 04 schlock Feb 04 schlub Jul 06 schlump Mar 08 schmaltz Feb 04 schmendrik Dec 05 schmo Feb 97 schmooze Jul 06 schnook Mar 08 schnorrer Mar 08 schnorrer Nov 99 schnozzle Dec 95 scholiast Mar 96 scholium Mar 96 schwarmerei Dec 95 schwerpunkt Mar 09 scienter Nov 09 scintillescent Jul 06 sciolist Feb 03 scion May 96 scion Nov 02 scissile Feb 96 scission Aug 02 scop May 00 scorbutic Jan 08 scrabble May 06 scrannel May 08 screak Dec 95 scree Jul 09 screed Mar 96 screed Apr 97 scrimmage Apr 01 scripophily Mar 03 scrivener Apr 95 scrofulous Feb 03 scrooge May 96 scrupulous Dec 96 scrutable Dec 96 scrutator Jun 07 scry Dec 04 scud Aug 01 scullion Oct 00 scupper Feb 99 scurf Aug 00 scurrilous Dec 94 scut May 05 scuttlebutt Jan 03 scuttlebutt Nov 96 scylla Aug 97 se-tenant Oct 97 seance Oct 95 second fiddle May 01 second fiddle Nov 06 secund Aug 05 sedulous Jan 10 sedulous Mar 96 seersucker Apr 98 segue Mar 98 seigniorage Jun 96 sejant Feb 95 selcouth Jun 07 selenography Feb 95 selenography May 07 seltzer Feb 02 semasiology Oct 08 sempiternal May 96 senary May 96 senectitude Sep 06 senescent Dec 99 sennight Nov 03 sennight Dec 01 sensei Sep 99 sententious Apr 04 sentient Feb 01 sentinel Feb 99 sentinel Jun 01 septentrion Oct 03 septum Apr 01 sequacious May 07 sequela Feb 08 sequela Nov 02 sequitur Jun 95 sere Feb 95 serein Oct 08 serendipity Mar 97 seriatim Jun 98 seriatim Dec 08 serotine Dec 07 sesquicentennial Apr 96 sesquipedalian Apr 96 sessile Mar 07 setiform Apr 08 sexagesimal Sep 99 sexcentenary Nov 01 sextant Oct 03 sextet Feb 06 sextet Jun 01 shamble Jul 99 shamus Feb 97 shanghai Sep 96 shangri-la Aug 98 shank's mare Dec 07 shebeen Jun 08 sheep's eyes Jan 08 shellac Jun 05 shenanigan Nov 05 sheol Oct 96 sherlock Jul 02 shibboleth Apr 94 shillelagh Apr 98 shillelagh Jun 07 shilly-shally Jan 09 shilly-shally Sep 98 shirty Nov 01 shivaree Sep 04 shoal Sep 08 showstopper Jan 00 shrapnel Nov 94 shrew Sep 09 shroff Jul 96 shtick Jul 06 shylock May 96 shyster Aug 96 siamese Sep 03 siamese Sep 98 siberia May 02 sibilant Dec 95 sibyl Jan 97 sic Dec 04 sideburns May 08 sideburns Dec 98 sidereal Mar 94 sigillography Dec 97 silhouette Nov 94 silver bullet May 03 simon legree Feb 00 simon legree May 08 simon-pure Apr 04 simon-pure Nov 97 simonize Sep 00 simony May 94 simony Sep 98 simpatico Jul 99 simpatico Aug 09 simple simon Nov 03 simple simon Dec 01 simulacrum Nov 95 simulacrum Dec 09 sine die Sep 01 sine qua non Mar 07 sinecure May 96 singularity Sep 98 singularity Nov 01 sipid Jan 01 sipid Jan 06 siren song Nov 99 sisyphean Jun 96 sitophobia Mar 05 sixty-four-dollar question Jun 03 skedaddle Dec 08 skedaddle Dec 97 skein Jun 99 skein Sep 05 skeuomorph Oct 08 skinflint Dec 06 skookum Jan 05 skosh Sep 06 skulk Jun 99 skulk Sep 05 skunkworks Sep 97 slaver Oct 06 sleuth Apr 98 slice-of-life May 04 slimsy Feb 96 slipshod Jun 06 slipslop Jan 99 slosh Feb 95 smalto Aug 09 smarmy Oct 00 smithereens Apr 95 smithereens Jun 08 smorgasbord Nov 02 snafu Jul 03 snake eyes Mar 09 snicker Aug 97 sniglet Feb 00 snivel Apr 98 snollygoster Mar 97 snood Oct 08 snowbird Mar 04 snuggery Jan 07 sobeit Nov 08 sobriquet Feb 03 sock Jan 10 sockdolager Feb 02 socratic irony Jun 04 sodality Aug 05 sodom Oct 98 soi-disant Dec 99 soigne Mar 96 solander Nov 00 solatium May 02 solecism Feb 03 solecism Oct 99 solicitous Mar 96 solipsism Jan 96 solomon Jun 97 solon Sep 96 sommelier Jul 08 somnific Dec 05 somniloquy Feb 08 somnolent Jul 09 somnolent Jul 95 sonorous May 97 sophist Jun 97 sophomoric Aug 00 soporific Mar 00 soporose Feb 08 sororal Feb 05 sorrel Oct 09 sortilege Jul 05 sortilege Sep 94 soubrette Jul 94 souk Jul 98 sounder Jun 99 sounder Sep 05 soupcon Sep 04 southpaw Jul 98 spa Aug 98 spaghetti western Jan 02 spall Apr 08 spam Sep 00 span-new Jan 09 spar Jun 95 spartan Dec 96 spatchcock Dec 02 spavined Jul 03 specie May 99 speciesism Mar 08 spectral Jul 06 speculum Jan 07 spelunker Jul 94 spendthrift May 04 spendthrift Dec 98 sphinx May 08 sphinx Dec 96 spigot May 00 spin doctor Oct 04 splatter Apr 97 splendiferous Jun 98 splenetic Jan 95 splurge Apr 97 spokesmodel Nov 08 spoliation Mar 06 spoliation Jul 01 spondulicks Jun 05 spoonerism Mar 01 spoonerism Dec 94 spoor May 03 sprachgefuhl Jan 96 sprachgefuhl Dec 05 sprat Nov 95 spruik Jun 05 spurn Nov 97 spurtle Nov 09 squiggle Feb 96 stagflation Aug 03 stakhanovite Jul 99 stalemate Jan 98 stalemate Oct 01 stalking horse Nov 09 stalking-horse Jun 00 stalworth Jun 07 standpatism May 06 star chamber Apr 03 stare decisis Oct 07 stat Aug 04 steatopygia Dec 99 steerage Sep 08 steerage Dec 96 steganography Aug 01 stemwinder Jun 00 stenotopic Jul 09 stenotopic Nov 95 stentorian Mar 95 stepford Jul 05 sternutation Feb 08 sternutation May 00 stet Jul 05 stevedore Aug 94 sthenic Jan 96 stick-in-the-mud Dec 98 sticky wicket Jan 02 sticky wicket May 06 stiggins May 97 stigma Jun 98 stile May 99 stockholm syndrome Sep 00 stoic Aug 01 stool pigeon Jul 04 stormy petrel May 07 strafe Mar 00 straight-from-the-shoulder Dec 98 strait Aug 06 strand Dec 97 stratocracy Aug 04 strepitant Oct 02 strident Jun 07 strident Nov 98 stridulate Sep 95 stripling Oct 00 strop Oct 00 struthious Jun 96 stump speech Oct 04 stuntman Jan 05 sturm und drang Jul 09 sturm und drang Aug 99 stygian Nov 95 styptic Sep 05 suasive Nov 99 sub rosa Sep 01 subaltern Jun 95 subcontinental Oct 97 subcutaneous Feb 98 subdolous Mar 05 suberic Jul 01 subfusc Oct 09 subfusc Oct 99 subintelligitur Mar 09 subjacent Nov 06 sublate Oct 94 sublunary Sep 03 suborner Oct 02 subreption Jan 95 subreption Dec 94 subserve Nov 09 substantive Jul 98 subterranean Nov 97 succedaneum May 06 succor Nov 05 succubus Mar 97 succulent Jul 95 sudoriferous May 05 sufferance Nov 05 suffrage Jun 00 sui generis Jan 09 sui generis Sep 03 sui juris May 02 sumptuary Dec 04 sundog Jun 00 supercalifragilisticexpialidocious May 97 supercilious Jul 98 supererogatory Jan 08 supererogatory Jun 96 superficies Dec 07 superfluous Aug 98 superman May 98 supernal Sep 99 supernumerary May 01 supervenient Oct 96 supplicatory Aug 09 supposititious Mar 96 suppurate Feb 03 suppurate Feb 08 supramundane Jul 07 supraprotest Nov 94 surcease Jan 10 suspiration Mar 98 suspire Apr 08 susurrous Sep 94 sutler Jun 06 sutra Feb 06 sutra Oct 96 sutra Nov 94 suzerain Jun 94 svengali May 08 svengali May 96 swag Jun 95 swami Jun 99 swarth Nov 94 sweven May 08 switcheroo Feb 97 swivet Jan 04 sword of damocles Feb 09 sword of damocles Aug 99 swot Oct 06 sybarite Aug 94 sycophant Jan 00 sycophant Dec 09 syllepsis Sep 99 syllogistic Sep 07 sylph Nov 04 sylvan Jan 99 symbiosis Jul 00 syncope Nov 96 syncretic Jan 09 synecdoche Sep 94 synesthesia Sep 04 synonym Jun 99 syzygy Oct 00 syzygy Dec 98 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z t Word Featured in tabby Mar 00 taboo Nov 02 tabula rasa Dec 99 taciturn Feb 07 tack Nov 96 talion Aug 99 talisman May 02 talmi gold Jan 07 tamarind Dec 08 tangential Mar 03 tangential Nov 01 tantalize Jan 03 tantalus Jan 96 tantalus Dec 94 tantivy Oct 01 tappertitian Nov 97 tar baby Aug 99 taradiddle Apr 97 tarantism Aug 06 tardigrade Jul 03 tarmac Oct 00 tarry Nov 02 tarry Dec 00 tartar Dec 96 tartarean Feb 03 tartuffe May 08 tartuffe May 96 tarzan Apr 99 tatterdemalion May 07 tattersall Jul 03 tattersall Sep 98 tattle Dec 97 taupe Sep 05 tautonym Apr 00 tawdry Sep 96 tawny Oct 99 tchotchke Jul 04 technicolor Sep 97 ted Jun 02 teetotal Dec 99 teetotum Jan 07 teflon Sep 00 teflon Sep 97 tegument Sep 98 teknonym May 03 telamon Jun 00 telic Jun 03 tellurian Dec 99 temblor Feb 05 temporize Apr 05 tenacious Apr 97 tendentious Apr 97 tenderfoot Aug 08 tenderloin Sep 05 tenderloin Oct 98 tendinous May 97 tenebrous May 97 tenesmus May 97 tenuis May 97 tenuous Apr 97 tercel Nov 04 terete Jun 05 tergiversation Mar 96 termagant Sep 09 terpsichorean Apr 99 terpsichorean May 06 terra firma Aug 04 terrace Dec 97 terrain Nov 97 terrestrial Sep 03 tessellate Jun 95 tessera May 09 tessera May 99 testaceous Apr 07 testaceous Oct 99 testate Jun 07 testate Nov 94 testudinate Oct 01 testy Jun 95 tetchy Nov 98 tete-beche Oct 97 thalassic Dec 98 thalweg Aug 00 thanatophobia Jul 00 thanatopsis Apr 06 thanatos Oct 96 thank-you-ma'am Mar 02 thank-you-ma'am Oct 95 thaumaturge Dec 94 theanthropic Aug 04 thegosis Jul 01 thenar Nov 99 theogony Jan 10 theomachy Aug 99 theomania Jun 06 theophany Mar 01 theophany Apr 06 therblig Jul 00 therefor Sep 08 theriac Sep 06 thersitical Apr 04 thesaurus Jun 99 thespian Jul 00 thetic Oct 94 theurgist Sep 94 thew Nov 94 third degree May 01 third degree Nov 06 thirl Mar 96 thrasonical Oct 95 threnody Aug 04 throttlebottom Feb 02 throttlebottom Jul 00 ticky-tacky Jan 99 tilde Mar 99 timbuktu Aug 01 timorous Feb 01 tin ear May 03 tin pan alley Sep 05 tinctumutation Mar 08 tinker Jul 97 tintinnabulate Mar 08 tintinnabulation Jun 94 tintinnabulation Dec 95 titan Nov 99 titian Sep 98 titian Nov 07 titivate Apr 07 titivate Apr 95 titter Aug 97 tittle-tattle Jan 99 tittle Jan 00 tmesis Apr 96 tobacco road Aug 99 tocsin Feb 07 tocsin Aug 98 tog Dec 04 tohubohu Jan 07 tokology Jan 01 tokology Jan 06 tommy atkins Sep 01 tommyrot Sep 04 tontine Oct 95 tony Jun 02 toothsome Mar 04 tope Jun 02 tope Dec 08 topiary Jan 99 topiary Dec 08 toponym Oct 98 topos Oct 99 topsy-turvy Oct 96 tor May 06 tor Dec 02 toronto blessing Sep 08 torpid Oct 95 totem May 98 tourbillion Oct 94 towardly Dec 96 toxicant Feb 98 toxophilite Jan 97 toxophilite Mar 06 tractate Nov 00 trade-last Jul 03 traduce Mar 95 tragus Nov 99 trammel Jun 09 tranche Apr 09 transcendentalism Jun 94 transpicuous Aug 99 transpontine Aug 07 travail Apr 03 trecento Mar 07 tremulous Apr 08 trencherman Aug 96 trepid Jan 06 tribology Feb 05 tribune Feb 99 trichology Oct 05 trichotillomania Jul 00 tridecennary Mar 07 trilemma Jul 01 triolet Apr 03 triolet Jun 02 triskaidekaphobia Mar 07 triskaidekaphobia Oct 95 triskelion Aug 94 triste Jan 96 triumvir Jul 95 triune Jul 95 trochal Aug 04 troglodyte Jul 98 troika Mar 02 trojan horse Mar 00 trojan 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